I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

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've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.

Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

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.