To struggle and to understand. Never the last without the first. That is the law.

- George Leigh Mallory

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

- George Leigh Mallory

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

- George Leigh Mallory

We don't live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means, and that is what life is for.

- George Leigh Mallory

One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be …

- George Leigh Mallory

So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the strugg…

- George Leigh Mallory

How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know th…

- George Leigh Mallory

Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be alone amongst friend…

- George Leigh Mallory

What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.

- George Leigh Mallory