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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it.
Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.
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.
Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.
I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
I don't regard myself as a cracking good climber. I'm just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I'm good on ice.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.
I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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Edmund Hillary
Profession
Explorer
BirthDate
20 July, 1919
DeathDate
11 January, 2008
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New Zealand
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