God Quote by George Leigh Mallory

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

— George Leigh Mallory

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

— 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…

— George Leigh Mallory

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

— 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…

— 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?…

— 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…

— George Leigh Mallory

One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.

— 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…

— George Leigh Mallory

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

— 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…

— George Leigh Mallory

The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.

— George Leigh Mallory