My mother really was the strength in our family. She would sort of keep us in line and I admired her very much . Edmund Hillary More Quotes by Edmund Hillary More Quotes From Edmund Hillary Boredom has always been a problem. Edmund Hillary boredomproblem My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too. Edmund Hillary importantbeautifulschool Everest you won't change, but I will get better...I will conquer you. Edmund Hillary conquerget-bettereverest It was wrong if there was a man suffering altitude problems and was huddled under a rock, just to lift your hat, say 'good morning' and pass on by, he said. Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain. Edmund Hillary rocksmorningmen I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides. Edmund Hillary mountaineeringguidescouple I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe. Edmund Hillary climbingsafedanger It's all bullshit on Everest these days. Edmund Hillary climbingbullshitthese-days There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti. Edmund Hillary yetilittlescivilization I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander. Edmund Hillary prouddesirehome I think global warming is a very real problem for our world. I've seen the changes that have taken place in the Antarctic, in the Himalayas, where the natural ice has sort of faded away, and there's no doubt in my mind that we're living in a strange world, a world which is not easy to understand or handle, But there's nothing you can do about, you just have to live your life as best you can. Edmund Hillary takenrealthinking My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School. Edmund Hillary citiesmotherschool Some day I'm going to climb Everest. Edmund Hillary mt-everestclimbseverest I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all. Edmund Hillary new-zealandaffectionstills I was certainly seriously emotionally affected [ when Louise Hillary and Belinda Hillary died], but we were building the hospital at the time and I decided that the only thing to do was to carry on and complete the hospital - and it was a jolly good hospital too, I might say. So I really did it by working and working on the things that Louise and I had been working on. Edmund Hillary things-to-dobuildingmight My grandmother I admired even more [than mother]. She was an Irish lady and a very kind-hearted person. She had a lot of talent, she painted extremely well. She was quite a strong factor in my life. Edmund Hillary talentstrongmother Waihi Beach. It's a lovely beach, and we're right on the shore and I get a lot of pleasure out of waking up in the morning and hearing the waves roll in. Edmund Hillary lovelymorningbeach [Derek] Shackleton was a man who - it's probably arrogant to say it - but he was a little bit like me. He undertook incredible dangers and carried on over the sea and over the ice and all the rest of it. He was a remarkable man. Edmund Hillary iceseamen I had a very strong desire to carry out adventures, but in those early days I didn't actually do any. I just dreamt about it. Edmund Hillary strongdesireadventure I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and did the job. Edmund Hillary donefoundjobs I never talk about being leaders and all the rest of it. I can only remember one or two occasions in my life when I actually issued orders, and I felt thoroughly miserable after doing it. Edmund Hillary leadertwoorder
