Why Climb Mount Everest? Because It's There.

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

The First Question Which You Will Ask And Which I Must Try To Answer Is This; What Is The Use Of Climbing Mount Everest? And My Answer Must At Once Be, It Is No Use. There Is Not The Slightest Prospect Of Any Gain Whatsoever.

Just To Lie Here In The Sun With Great White Peaks All Around Me And The Biggest Glacier In Europe At My Feet, To Eat From Time To Time, To Sleep A Little And Dream A Great Deal- It Is A Heavenly Existence.

To Struggle And To Understand. Never The Last Without The First. That Is The Law.

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