It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worr….

To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live..

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth..

We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up. And there it is-the top of Everest. Only it is different now: so near, so close….

I hope my twin brother will look exactly like me but more sporty..

If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest..

I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life..

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame..