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

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

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 climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

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.

People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.