Edmund Hillary

I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

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These are some quotes by New Zealander author Edmund Hillary Explorer, who lived between July 20, 1919 and January 11, 2008.

Quotes by Edmund Hillary

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.

Edmund Hillary

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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.

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

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