I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great… — Omar Samra Copy Share Image
When Reinhold Messner returned from the first solo climb of Everest, he was severely dehydrated, and utterly exhausted; he fell down most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Dreams, in their essence, include risk. This risk could be physical danger (often true in climbing big mountains like Everest), or it… — Adrian Ballinger Copy Share Image
“What's all this, I expect you're thinking, about "the tallest mountain in the world"? Everest, surely, deserves at least an honourable mention… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“My friend Dick Bass (now in his 70s) has travelled far and wide and had many adventures. His achievements include being the… — Roger Horchow Copy Share Image
“Everest attempt at sixty-two, three weeks after undergoing surgery for kidney cancer, marathon des Sables six months after it was amputated fingers… — Gérard Bourrat Copy Share Image
'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier. — Yuichiro Miura Copy Share Image
I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth. — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far… — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, 'I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.' Oh, the theater… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Life has it's up and downs. Some days you sail smooth and other days you climb Mt. Everest and never make it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of. — Kenneth Kamler Copy Share Image
“No point in climbing the Everest while your heart is still a swamp, no point in Voyaging with Naskar while you carry… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
“Do you respect someone's right to challenge and discover their true potential?How is a gang-bang any different than risking your life to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
As our focus turns to the oceans and the seemingly impossible task of repairing our marine habitat, we could look at Everest… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
I disagree with it, but people come to Everest carrying a huge financial burden. Not only that, but they have spent more… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn,… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in… — Chris McCormack Copy Share Image
An iceberg is water striving to be land; a mountain, especially a Himalaya, especially Everest, is land's attempt to metamorphose into sky;… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“This need not be taken as an argument for abandoning all future planning whatsoever, but it serves as a warning not to… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are… — Walt Unsworth Copy Share Image
“It is of course possible to give more elaborate answers to the perennial question: why climb? In his writing and lectures, George… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
A day might just be twenty-four hours but sometimes getting through one seems as impossible as scaling Everest. — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
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