I Get Older I Get More Cantankerous,

Environmental Problems Are Really Social Problems Anyway. They Begin With People As The Cause And End With People As The Victims

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've Often Thought About That And The Only Suitable Member To Join Me On That Climb [to Everest] Was George Lowe: He Was Strong, A Good Man On A Mountain, With A Great Sense Of Humour, And I Liked That. I Think George And I Could've Done That Together ... I've Probably Never Told George That.

Everest You Won't Change, But I Will Get Better...i Will Conquer You.

The Explorers Of The Past Were Great Men And We Should Honour Them. But Let Us Not Forget That Their Spirit Lives On. It Is Still Not Hard To Find A Man Who Will Adventure For The Sake Of A Dream Or One Who Will Search, For The Pleasure Of Searching, Not For What He May Find.