How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.
He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
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.