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If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of.

I was never comfortable with the risk of climbing in the Himalayas, or the amount of time in idleness that is involved in the Everest expedition.

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.

I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain - well, many of them are just climbing it to get their name in the paper, really.

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.

What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

I'm done with Everest. I did it three times, and I need to be good at that and be happy with it and focus on other climbs.

I respect Everest very much.