I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.

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• Edmund Hillary:

  I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.

• Edmund Hillary:

  I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur -

• Edmund Hillary:

  I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.

• Edmund Hillary:

  I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a

• Edmund Hillary:

  When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.

• Edmund Hillary:

  My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics fo

• Edmund Hillary:

  I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By pay

• Edmund Hillary:

  It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

• Edmund Hillary:

  Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

• Edmund Hillary:

  Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny