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Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, best known for his ascent of Mount Everest. He was born on July 20, 1919, and passed away on January 11, 2008.

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“I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.”

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“Challenge is what makes men. It will be the end when men stop looking for new challenges.”

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“I always, I would say, make sure that in my presentation I'll have what I want to do. I try and make it so interesting to my companions that they want to go, too. I don't have to twist any arms or make - you know - any great challenges available.”

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“I have the challenges sort of already there and as a consequence my companions feel a considerable desire to do this, too, and they feel very put out if they are left in the cold, so there we have it. We have me who has lots of ideas and then we have a very good team who wish - who are persuaded almost - to take part in these challenges.”

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“There are lots and lots of challenges that I wished - at the time - that I had done.There are lots of occasions where there were exciting things to be done but for some reason or another it was physically impossible for us to do them. I still wouldn't mind if I was able to go down into this most impressive valley in the Antarctic, but of course those things are beyond me now.”

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“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.”

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“I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.”

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Book:View from the Summit

Source: View from the Summit

“While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.”

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“When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.”

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“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.”

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About the Author

Born: July 20, 1919
Died: January 11, 2008
Known for: Mountaineer
Quotes: 100

Books & Sources

Ecology 2000: the changing face of earthRelated source material

High Adventure: Our Ascent of the EverestRelated source material

High in the thin cold air: the story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book EncyclopediaRelated source material

View from the SummitRelated source material

View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestRelated source material

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