Motivation Is The Single Most Important Factor

I Like To Think Of Everest As A Great Mountaineering Challenge, And When You've Got People Just Streaming Up The Mountain - Well, Many Of Them Are Just Climbing It To Get Their Name In The Paper, Really.

I Think The Whole Attitude Towards Climbing Mount Everest Has Become Rather Horrifying. The People Just Want To Get To The Top. They Don't Give A Damn For Anybody Else Who May Be In Distress And It Doesn't Impress Me At All That They Leave Someone Lying Under A Rock To Die.

Many People Have Been Getting Too Casual About Climbing Everest. I Forecast A Disaster Many Times.

My Grandmother I Admired Even More [than Mother]. She Was An Irish Lady And A Very Kind-hearted Person. She Had A Lot Of Talent, She Painted Extremely Well. She Was Quite A Strong Factor In My Life.

Some Day I'm Going To Climb Everest.