Top 57 Quotes by Edmund Hillary

About Edmund Hillary

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

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

Edmund Hillary

Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.

Edmund Hillary

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.

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.

Edmund Hillary

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

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

Edmund Hillary

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

Edmund Hillary

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

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

Edmund Hillary

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.

Edmund Hillary

Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.

Edmund Hillary

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.

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.

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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