I Hate Being Called An 'icon.' I

Despite All I Have Seen And Experiences, I Still Get The Same Thrill Out Of Glimpsing A Tiny Patch Of Snow In A High Mountain Gully And Feel The Same Urge To Climb Toward It.

I Will Come Again & Conquer You Because As A Mountain You Can't Grow, But As A Human, I Can

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.

I Think That A Good Mountaineer Is Usually A Sensible Mountaineer.

I Was Not A Beater Of Children And As A Consequence I've Always Been, I Think, Very Agreeable And Co-operative.