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• If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side? — George Carlin
• 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
• 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
• If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The… — John McPhee
• When the climbers in 1953 planted their flags on the highest mountain, they set them in snow over the skeletons of creatures… — John McPhee
• I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but… — Edmund Hillary
• The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He… — Randall Kennedy
• If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be… — Yuichiro Miura
• Why climb Mt. Everest? Because it's there. — Higher Grounds

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