Because It's There. (when Asked

Mountaineers Have Often Observed A Lack Of Clarity In Their Mental State At High Altitudes; It Is Difficult For The Stupid Mind To Observe How Stupid It Is.

The First Question Which You Will Ask And Which I Must Try To Answer Is This; What Is The Use Of Climbing Mount Everest? And My Answer Must At Once Be, It Is No Use. There Is Not The Slightest Prospect Of Any Gain Whatsoever.

I Look Back On Tremendous Efforts & Exhaustion & Dismal Looking Out Of A Tent Door On To A Dismal World Of Snow And Vanishing Hopes - & Yet, & Yet, & Yet There Have Been A Good Many Things To See The Other Side.

The Greatest Danger In Life Is Not To Take The Adventure.

We Don't Live To Eat And Make Money. We Eat And Make Money To Be Able To Enjoy Life. That Is What Life Means, And That Is What Life Is For.