Edmund Hillary: Quotes about mountains

Edmund Hillary was New Zealand mountaineer. Explore interesting quotes on mountain.
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“I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt, either, that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics. That has given me more satisfaction than a footprint on a mountain.”

Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary : King Of The World

School , Mountain

“Reaching the summit of a mountain gives great satisfaction, but nothing for me has been more rewarding in life than the result of our climb on Everest, when we have devoted ourselves to the welfare of our Sherpa friends.”

Edmund Hillary

As quoted in Great Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountaineering (1994) by Sir Chris Bonington

Life , Mountain

“I was just an enthusiastic mountaineer of modest abilities who was willing to work quite hard and had the necessary imagination and determination. I was just an average bloke; it was the media that transformed me into a heroic figure. And try as I did, there was no way to destroy my heroic image. But as I learned through the years, as long as you didn’t believe all that rubbish about yourself, you wouldn’t come to much harm.”

Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary : King Of The World

Way , Imagination , Mountain , Learning

“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.”

Edmund Hillary

As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 5

Money , Mountain , Hell , Science

“I was very much aware that we still had to get safely back down the mountain again and that was quite an important factor. I really felt the most excitement when we finally got to the bottom of the mountain again and it was all behind us.”

Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary : King Of The World

Mountain

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”

Edmund Hillary

Though widely attributed to Hillary on the internet and in several Books (e.g. That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom (2003) by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, p. 20), this appears to have originated from George Mallory. Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/08/18/conquer/

Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Edmund Hillary / Disputed

Graduation , Mountain