Creative Quotations from Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Edmund Hillary
(1919-2008) born on Jul 20

New Zealander "mountaineer, explorer". "He was the first, with Tenzing Norkay, to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 1953."

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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things -- to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals."

I am hell-bent for the South Pole - God willing and crevasses permitting.

"As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Observer," 'Sayings of the Week', 3 Jun 1960."
R:	"In "Reader's Digest.""
A:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
N:	"Comment eight days before he reached the South Pole via an overland route, news summaries 5 Jan 1958."
K:	"Referring to Tenzing Norgay, his companion on the conquest of Mt Everest, 1953; in "High Adventure.""