I Have Discovered That Even The Mediocre

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 Always Refused To Give In If There Was Some Argument With My Father. Whether It Was True Or Not, I Refused To Admit It And So Often I Would - Well, Tell Lies, Perhaps. I Would Either Do That Or Change The Story. Particularly If I Felt That My Father Was Being Unjust, Then I Was Very Strongly Motivated To Not Accept His Ruling.

It's Not The Moutain We Conquer But Ourselves.

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

My Mother Was A Schoolteacher And Very Keen That I Go To A City School, So Although It Was Fairly Impoverished Times, I Traveled Every Day To The Auckland Grammar School.