I'm Definitely A Queen Supporter. She Was

The Sherpas Play A Very Important Role In Most Mountaineering Expeditions, And In Fact Many Of Them Lead Along The Ridges And Up To The Summit.

I Would Have Said That During The Early Days Of My Life There Was Never A Moment When I Wasn't Fit. We Worked Extremely Hard On The Beekeeping Line, And Both My Brother And I Used To Compete, Particularly When We Were Collecting Honey. We Would Each Have An 80-pound Box Of Honey And We Would Race Up The Hill On The Tuakau Track And Race Back Down. We Just Raced All The Time, And We Used To Keep Very Fit Indeed.

While On Top Of Everest, I Looked Across The Valley Towards The Great Peak Makalu And Mentally Worked Out A Route About How It Could Be Climbed. It Showed Me That Even Though I Was Standing On Top Of The World, It Wasn't The End Of Everything. I Was Still Looking Beyond To Other Interesting Challenges.

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, A Good Man On A Mountain, With A Great Sense Of Humour, And I Liked That. I Think George And I Could've Done That Together ... I've Probably Never Told George That.

I Have Discovered That Even The Mediocre Can Have Adventures And Even The Fearful Can Achieve.