Most of the planet's terrestrial surfaces are visually accessible through video cameras and satellite imagery, if not physically within reach. Even the… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Meeting Australian mountaineer and author Tim Macartney-Snape when I was 16 in 1994 had a big impact on me. His ascent of… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
“Because it's there. -George Mallory, one of the first climbers to attempt Everest, when asked why he wanted to climb it. (He… — Stephen Bezruchka Copy Share Image
...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
“...I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of… — Jon Krakauer 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
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
We have dominated and overruled nature, and from now on the earth is ours, a kitchen garden until we learn to make… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Think about climbing a mountain. If you decide you're going up Everest, you don't start with a sprint. You'll never make it… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
“I suppose we go to Mount Everest, granted the opportunity, because-in a word-we can't help it.' George had written. 'Or, to state… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the bird of hopelessness build a nest on your head. Have you forgotten that the peak of Mt. Everest, the… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
I was asked to give a speech on the Everest swim, and during the Everest swim, I changed. I changed as a… — Lewis Pugh Copy Share Image
When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor's new clothes out there, whether they're female… — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
If you're in a small town somewhere and you can go and visit Paris, you can go to the top of Everest,… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
For me the Everest solo was the icing on the cake of my climbs: the highest mountain in the world, during a… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
“On June 1 George told Ruth it would have been 'unbearable' to miss the final attempt. His frostbitten fingers might suffer further… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course… — Anonymous 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
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
“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
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
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower… — Junko Tabei Copy Share Image
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that… — Anatoli Boukreev 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
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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
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
How will we get back up?" I worried. "I have a different route in mind for our return trip." "Does it involve… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top.… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I wanted something different; I wanted something that challenged me and that pushed me further. Then this idea of climbing Mount Everest… — Raha Moharrak Copy Share Image
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There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
![“I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong, a good man on a mountain, with a great sense of humour, and I liked that. I think George and I could've done that together ... I've probably never told George that.” quote by Edmund Hillary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/edmund-hillary-3760_climbs_i-ve-often-thought-about-that-and-the-on_12447.jpg)
