- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only the person who risks is truly free. A man's conquest of himself dwarfs the conquest of Mt. Everest. — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I always wanted to try Mt. Everest since I was a kid. I never thought I would be able to do anything… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain. — Junko Tabei Copy Share Image
The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant,… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Mountaineering helps in developing confidence and when I scaled Mt. Everest, I saw many people connecting with me which inspired me to… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights… — Willi Unsoeld Copy Share Image
I'm way more in my head acting than I am when I'm writing. So there's a weird love/hate on both ends. But… — Anders Holm 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
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
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
Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened, and nothing new was discovered. Yet the names of Hillary… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
“The maid in the lime-color panties... She had a plain broad face and was the most virtuous woman alive: she laid for… — Joseph Heller 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
If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier. — Yuichiro Miura 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
“My nose is so big it’s like a mountain ridge on my face. Ladies, you could Mt. Everest, or you could mount… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Life has it's up and downs. Some days you sail smooth and other days you climb Mt. Everest and never make it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The… — John McPhee 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
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“If you take a hard look at the people in your life, you may be blown away by how many explorers and… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
I used to choose friends based on similarity in age and life stage, but I've learned that those were the wrong criteria.… — Glennon Doyle Melton Copy Share Image
The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
