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What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.
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The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
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We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.
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The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.
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Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].
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Mountaineers have often observed a lack of clarity in their mental state at high altitudes; it is difficult for the stupid mind to observe how stupid it is.
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Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.
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Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.
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Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)
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