Once I've Decided To Do Something, I

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.

In Those Days We Were Punished Very Frequently And I Felt That It Was Often Unjust, And So I Would Resist The Desire To Agree With Many, Many Things. So I Used To Get Beaten Quite Frequently And I More Or Less Accepted It As Part Of 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 Think That A Good Mountaineer Is Usually A Sensible Mountaineer.

Nothing Can Replace Courage, A Resounding Motivation And That Little Bit Of Luck.