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“I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.”

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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. more

“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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“It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.”

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“Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.”

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“Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.”

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“On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.”

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“Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.”

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“When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.”

Miserable Climbing

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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 think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.”

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“My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too.”

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