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Quotes 1-Jun-2012 At 6:44:41 PM JohnK

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And some more Everest Quotes......

But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest , I just couldn't summon the energy to care. " Jon Krakauer

"Such arrogance, I believe, is dangerous for any climber, but it is especially dangerous for one who purports to be a Himalayan guide " Jon Krakauer-regarding Anatoli Boukreev and the 1996 disaster

"Well, we knocked the bastard off !" Edmund Hillary, on first climbing Mount Everest
"Wouldn't Mallory be pleased if he knew about this" Sir Edmund Hillary-descending 1953

"The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy." George Mallory, 1924

"Oh, the absolute lethargy of 24,600'. You want to pee, and you lie there for a quarter of an hour making up your mind to look for the pee bottle." Chris Bonnington, 1975
"We agreed that this was going to be no ordinary climb. For the time being, Everest was rather more than a mountain." John Hunt, leader of the '53 expedition

"I have not conquered Everest, it has merely tolerated me" Peter Habeler

"All the winds of Asia seemed to be trying to blow us from the ridge." Peter Boardman, 1975, about the South Summit

"We encourage young people to go out and exceed thier goals. Everest is an icon of that" Neil Beidleman