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What We Get From This Adventure Is Just Sheer Joy. And Joy Is, After All, The End Of Life. We Do Not Live To Eat And Make Money.

Because It's There. (when Asked Why He Wanted To Climb Everest)

Half The Charm Of Climbing Mountains Is Born In Visions Preceding This Experience - Visions Of What Is Mysterious, Remote, Inaccessible.

Why Do We Travel To Remote Locations? To Prove Our Adventurous Spirit Or To Tell Stories About Incredible Things? We Do It To Be Alone Amongst Friends And To Find Ourselves In A Land Without Man.

Because It Is There [famous Explanation For Wanting To Climb Mount Everest].