Human Life Is Far More Important Than

We Shared A Philosophy Together [with June Hillary]. We Believed Very Strongly In The Welfare Of Helping Other People, Particularly The Third World People.

We Had So Much In Common [with June Hillary] That We Just Carried On With Life As We Had Been Doing. It Wasn't Easy, But It Was - I Realise Now That It Was The Only Thing To Do.

My Grandmother I Admired Even More [than Mother]. She Was An Irish Lady And A Very Kind-hearted Person. She Had A Lot Of Talent, She Painted Extremely Well. She Was Quite A Strong Factor In My Life.

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 Was Not A Beater Of Children And As A Consequence I've Always Been, I Think, Very Agreeable And Co-operative.