Challenges Quote by Ed Begley, Jr

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

You can't ride the chairlift and call yourself Edmund Hillary.

— David McCullough Jr

In many people's minds, Everest has lost her crown. She has become a mountain synonymous with death, exploitation and pollution.

— Ben Fogle

“Seeing the name Hillary in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring in the…

— Christopher Hitchens

When I took on Everest, I'm not there for the views.

— Ant Middleton

I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't…

— Edmund Hillary

It's all bullshit on Everest these days.

— Edmund Hillary

I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain - well, many…

— Edmund Hillary

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first…

— Edmund Hillary

Climbing Everest is so big now, with so much money involved, and the Sherpas are not stupid. They see this, and they want to…

— Ueli Steck

I respect Everest very much.

— Anatoli Boukreev

“the only thing you'll find at the summit of mount everest is a divine view, the things that really matter lie far below it”

— Peak