Agony Quote by Reinhold Messner

I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm…

— Yuichiro Miura

When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried for me, and I realised that I had to do something in my life so…

— Arunima Sinha

But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.

— Jon Krakauer

I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an…

— Charlotte Bronte

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.

— Tenzing Norgay

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so…

— Anatoli Boukreev

Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff…

— Anthony Burgess

Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by…

— Jon Krakauer

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

— Edmund Hillary

When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially didn't appreciate…

— Jon Krakauer

I convinced my wife to let me climb Everest. I emptied my savings and took out a loan so I could afford to make…

— Nirmal Purja

I had just left Yes and had done a concert at Crystal Palace, South London, with a choir and orchestra playing my solo album…

— Rick Wakeman