On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest. — Conrad Anker Copy Share Image
In many people's minds, Everest has lost her crown. She has become a mountain synonymous with death, exploitation and pollution. — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure,… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
I had always fantasized about going to the Pyramids, the Great Wall; I've always been sort of obsessed with the whole notion… — Justin Zackham Copy Share Image
I have successfully completed the 5th summit of the Mission 7 Summits. I have climbed Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, South America. This… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
“Everest itself was the only mountain which we could see without turning our gaze downwards…” — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession. — Mary Everest Boole Copy Share Image
I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Everest has attracted its share of men like these. Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight - certainly… — Walt Unsworth Copy Share Image
Reaching that windswept perch, I decided, would cleanse my spirit and heal my wounds. More than that, it would send me home… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
“We cannot scale Mt Everest in 20 minutes, but give us two weeks, and we'll be back with T-shirts for everyone that… — Matthew Akers Copy Share Image
The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He… — Randall Kennedy 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… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
“Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? Why climb… — Yann Martel 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
“David Breashears is probably best known for his high-altitude cinematography—a world-class climber, he took the IMAX images for the classic film Everest.… — Bill McKibben 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
“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
Market studies suggest space tourism-a rubbernecker's trip to earth orbit-is likely to draw 50,000 passengers a year if the ticket can be… — G. Harry Stine 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
When the climbers in 1953 planted their flags on the highest mountain, they set them in snow over the skeletons of creatures… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“In bed, I could climb in, if you ever rest. Then I could mount you like Everest.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
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