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I was extremely lucky that I ...

I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

Some day I'm going to climb E...

Some day I'm going to climb Everest.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

My grandmother I admired even...

My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent, she painted extremely well. She was quite a strong factor in my life.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

Despite all I have seen and e...

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.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I have to admit I do get a bi...

I have to admit I do get a bit depressed at times and you know I think about the good old days when I was charging ahead.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I was certainly seriously emo...

I was certainly seriously emotionally affected [ when Louise Hillary and Belinda Hillary died], but we were building the hospital at the time and I decided that the only thing to do was to carry on and complete the hospital - and it was a jolly good hospital too, I might say. So I really did it by working and working on the things that Louise and I had been working on.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I'm definitely a Queen suppor...

I'm definitely a Queen supporter. She was great.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

Environmental problems are re...

Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

With practice and focus, you ...

With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

As a youngster I was a great ...

As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I would like to be remembered...

I would like to be remembered for the schools and hospitals and bridges and all the other activities that we did with the Sherpas. Unquestionably, they are the things I feel that were the most worthwhile of everything I was involved in.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I've always hated the danger ...

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It’s the intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got. It’s really a very pleasant sensation.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

It was wrong if there was a m...

It was wrong if there was a man suffering altitude problems and was huddled under a rock, just to lift your hat, say 'good morning' and pass on by, he said. Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

Adventuring can be for the or...

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

When I was 50 years old, I ac...

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

While on top of Everest, I lo...

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.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I'm sure the feeling of fear,...

I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you're afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I enjoyed climbing with other...

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

I don't spend a lot of time t...

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.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

If I wished to do something, ...

If I wished to do something, even if I couldn't find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.

Edmund Hillary 66 quotes

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