Climbs Quote by George Leigh Mallory Download Open image “Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)” — George Leigh Mallory ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Climbs Everest Wanted
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
“Because it's there. -George Mallory, one of the first climbers to attempt Everest, when asked why he wanted to climb it. (He disappeared into… — Stephen Bezruchka Copy Share Image
- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there. — George Leigh Mallory 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
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb… — John F. Kennedy 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
You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it. — Alex Zanardi Copy Share Image
“The most notable event of George's U.S. tour, at least in the public mind, consisted of a four-word quote that has been ascribed to… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. — Greg Child Copy Share Image
“Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit. Its existence is a challenge. The answer is instinctive,… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
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… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
When my main character in 'Heat' climbs the tower, the highest diving platform, hoping to resume competitive diving after an injury, I am there… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
Life is a climb and it's a struggle getting to the top but the drop to the bottom can be quick and so I… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong,… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
You should climb around inside my brain, Dan. It's like this dark room surrounded by quicksand." "I know what you mean," her brother said… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
Every mountain needs someone to climb it, Every ocean needs someone to dive in, Every dream needs someone to wish it, Every adventure needs… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
The ascent of any route begins, in dreams at least, the autumn before. Our minds ring, involuntarily, with the alluring names of mountains, aiguilles,… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
