Nothing Can Replace Courage, A Resounding Motivation

On The Summit Of Everest, I Had A Feeling Of Great Satisfaction To Be First There.

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.

June [hillary] Had Been Doing All These Things - The Himalayas And All The Rest Of It - So We Had Done Things Together For A Long Time, And, Particularly As Far As Our Sherpas Were Concerned, We Had A Very Sound, I Think, Philosophy. So That Made It Very Easy For Us To Agree On What Should Be Done.

There Is Precious Little In Civilization To Appeal To A Yeti.

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