I Had A Very Strong Desire To

I Have Been Seriously Afraid At Times But Have Used My Fear As A Stimulating Factor Rather Than Allowing It To Paralyse Me. My Abilities Have Not Been Outstanding, But I Have Had Sufficient Strength And Determination To Meet My Challenges And Have Usually Managed To Succeed With Them.

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.

Human Life Is Far More Important Than Just Getting To The Top Of A Mountain.

I Get Older I Get More Cantankerous, But June [hillary] Gets A Bit More Cantankerous, Too.

I Was Certainly Seriously Emotionally Affected [ When Louise Hillary And Belinda Hillary Died], But We Were Building The Hospital At The Time And I Decided That The Only Thing To Do Was To Carry On And Complete The Hospital - And It Was A Jolly Good Hospital Too, I Might Say. So I Really Did It By Working And Working On The Things That Louise And I Had Been Working On.