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" I was definitely very much a country boy. "

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" I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers. "

" The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit. "

" I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad. "

" When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people. "

" Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer. "

" No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time. "

" Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. "

" I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains. "

" On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there. "

" I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really. "

" People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. "

" I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs. "

" 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. "

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

" When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them. "

" 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. "

" Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it. "

" 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. "

" I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was. "

" I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary. "

" 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. "

" I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics. "

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

" Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were. "

" 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. "

" I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better. "

" 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. "

" Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain. "

" It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it. "

" I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur. "