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title: "1 Mountains Make Quotes By George Leigh Mallory"
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> [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 in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-highest-of-the-world-s-mountains-it-seems-has-to-make-but-a/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

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## More by George Leigh Mallory

> [ Because it is there \[famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/because-it-is-there-famous-explanation-for-wanting-to-climb-mount/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-do-you-want-to-climb-mt-everest-sir-because-it-is-there/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/one-must-conquer-achieve-get-to-the-top-one-must-know-the-end-to-be/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-climb-mount-everest-because-it-s-there/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/how-to-get-the-best-of-it-all-one-must-conquer-achieve-get-to-the-top/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-first-question-which-you-will-ask-and-which-i-must-try-to-answer/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/what-we-get-from-this-adventure-is-just-sheer-joy-and-joy-is-after/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-highest-of-the-world-s-mountains-it-seems-has-to-make-but-a/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/one-comes-to-bless-the-absolute-bareness-feeling-that-here-is-a-pure/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-do-we-travel-to-remote-locations-to-prove-our-adventurous-spirit/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/because-it-s-there-when-asked-why-he-wanted-to-climb-everest/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/gradually-very-gradually-we-saw-the-great-mountain-sides-and-glaciers/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-greatest-danger-in-life-is-not-to-take-the-adventure/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door on to a dismal world of snow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/i-look-back-on-tremendous-efforts-exhaustion-dismal-looking-out-of-a/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Mountaineers have often observed a lack of clarity in their mental state at high altitudes; it is difficult for the stupid mind to observe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/mountaineers-have-often-observed-a-lack-of-clarity-in-their-mental/)

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