Some Day I'm Going To Climb Everest.

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.

Becoming A 'sir' Is Slightly Uncomfortable At First, Although It Is A Considerable Honor. It Is Amazing How Quickly You Become Accustomed To It.

You Don't Have To Be A Hero To Accomplish Great Things---to Compete. You Can Just Be An Ordinary Chap, Sufficiently Motivated To Reach Challenging Goals.

I Think Global Warming Is A Very Real Problem For Our World. I've Seen The Changes That Have Taken Place In The Antarctic, In The Himalayas, Where The Natural Ice Has Sort Of Faded Away, And There's No Doubt In My Mind That We're Living In A Strange World, A World Which Is Not Easy To Understand Or Handle, But There's Nothing You Can Do About, You Just Have To Live Your Life As Best You Can.

We Had So Much In Common [with June Hillary] That We Just Carried On With Life As We Had Been Doing. It Wasn't Easy, But It Was - I Realise Now That It Was The Only Thing To Do.