Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until far higher in the sky than imagination had dared to suggest the white summit of Everest… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest) — George Leigh Mallory 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 rifts, until… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
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