As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how. |
Better if he had said something natural like, "Jesus, here we are." |
I am hell-bent for the South Pole-God willing and crevasses permitting. |
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. |
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. |
We knocked the bastard off. |
Well, we knocked the bast*rd off! |
You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated. |
You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated. |