I Am A Lucky Man. I Have

I Always Refused To Give In If There Was Some Argument With My Father. Whether It Was True Or Not, I Refused To Admit It And So Often I Would - Well, Tell Lies, Perhaps. I Would Either Do That Or Change The Story. Particularly If I Felt That My Father Was Being Unjust, Then I Was Very Strongly Motivated To Not Accept His Ruling.

I've Always Hated The Danger Part Of Climbing, And It's Great To Come Down Again Because It's Safe.

The Explorers Of The Past Were Great Men And We Should Honour Them. But Let Us Not Forget That Their Spirit Lives On. It Is Still Not Hard To Find A Man Who Will Adventure For The Sake Of A Dream Or One Who Will Search, For The Pleasure Of Searching, Not For What He May Find.

I Think Himalayan Climbers Tend To Mature Fairly Late. I Think Most Of The Successful Himalayan Climbers Have Ranged From 28 To Just Over 40, Really.

I Was Definitely Seriously Affected [with Wifw And Daughter Deaths], No Question, But I Learnt To Devote Myself To The Things That We'd Been Doing For Years And Years And Slowly The Pain Drifted Away.