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 Copy Share Image
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 is different now: so near, so close, only a little more than a thousand feet above us. It is no longer just a dream, a high dream in the sky, but a real and solid thing,… — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share
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
I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth. — Tenzing Norgay Copy Share Image
