Everest Quotes by Tenzing Norgay

I hope my twin brother will look exactly like me but more sporty.

— Tenzing Norgay

It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals…

— Tenzing Norgay

We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up. And there it is-the top of Everest. Only it…

— Tenzing Norgay

To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.

— Tenzing Norgay

If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

— Tenzing Norgay

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

— Tenzing Norgay

I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life.

— Tenzing Norgay

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.

— Tenzing Norgay