I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe. Edmund Hillary More Quotes by Edmund Hillary More Quotes From Edmund Hillary I'm past carrying out some of the wishes that I would have wanted to do before, but I still dream about what I would like to do if I was able to do so. Edmund Hillary wish dream past I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it. Edmund Hillary too-much dying thinking Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times. Edmund Hillary disaster climbing people I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not - it's not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along. Edmund Hillary despair june moments On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there. Edmund Hillary satisfaction feelings firsts I think Himalayan climbers tend to mature fairly late. I think most of the successful Himalayan climbers have ranged from 28 to just over 40, really. Edmund Hillary mature successful thinking I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men. Edmund Hillary lucky dream men If I'm selecting a group, the first thing I look for is a record of achievement . . . If (candidates achieve) in small things, there's a very good chance they'll perform well in big things. Edmund Hillary groups achievement looks When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them. Edmund Hillary climbing challenges giving Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition. Edmund Hillary decided fruition trying Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it. Edmund Hillary becoming honor firsts When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable. Edmund Hillary climbing miserable 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. Edmund Hillary climbing names thinking When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. Edmund Hillary effort done years I was definitely seriously affected [with wifw and daughter deaths], no question, but I learnt to devote myself to the things that we'd been doing for years and years and slowly the pain drifted away. Edmund Hillary daughter pain years George Lowe was the one who opened the mail, and George started laughing uproariously and I looked up at him in astonishment and said, "What's so funny?" And he said, "You've been given a title", and I said, "Ha, ha, big joke." I didn't believe him but, sure enough, in this letter it indicated that the Queen had given me a title. Edmund Hillary queens laughing believe We shared a philosophy together [with June Hillary]. We believed very strongly in the welfare of helping other people, particularly the Third World people. Edmund Hillary june helping-others philosophy I'm definitely a Queen supporter. She was great. Edmund Hillary supporter queens We had so much in common [with June Hillary] that we just carried on with life as we had been doing. It wasn't easy, but it was - I realise now that it was the only thing to do. Edmund Hillary june easy common I always refused to give in if there was some argument with my father. Whether it was true or not, I refused to admit it and so often I would - well, tell lies, perhaps. I would either do that or change the story. Particularly if I felt that my father was being unjust, then I was very strongly motivated to not accept his ruling. Edmund Hillary giving father lying
