Waihi Beach. It's A Lovely Beach, And

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 No Desire To Live Anywhere Else But New Zealand. I've Had The Good Fortune To Travel Widely Around The World, But New Zealand Is Home - And I Like To Be Here. I'm Proud To Be A New Zealander.

Some Day I'm Going To Climb Everest.

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.

The Explorers Of The Past Were Great Men And We Should Honour Them. But Let Us Not Forget That Their Spirit Lives On. It Is Still Not Hard To Find A Man Who Will Adventure For The Sake Of A Dream Or One Who Will Search, For The Pleasure Of Searching, Not For What He May Find.