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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes

Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand explorer, mountaineer and philanthropist who together with Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. He was 33 years old when he accomplished this major feat. Get inspired by his extraordinary life and by this collection of Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes.

Facts About Edmund Hillary

- Born in Auckland New Zealand in July 1919
- Started climbing at the age of 16
- In May 1953 became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest
- Traveled to the North and South Poles
- Founded the Himalayan Trust which builds schools and hospitals in the remote regions of Nepal
- Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Motivation

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.1 point

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Challenge

It is not the mountains that we conquer, but ourselves.0 points

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Challenge

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.0 points

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe ... But there is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.0 points

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Dreams

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.0 points

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Future Challenges

While standing on top of Everest, I looked across the valley, towards the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed%u2026 it showed me that, even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything for me, by any means. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.0 points

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Sir Edmund Hillary Quotes on Mount Everest

I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't give a damn for anybody else who may be in distress and it doesn't impress me at all that they leave someone lying under a rock to die.0 points