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1999·Auckland, New Zealand
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt·1897To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking, and that the success can only come to the player who hits the line hard.
Edmund Hillary·2004You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus.
Ralph Waldo Emerson·1841Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
