Everest Quotes

Looking out of a tent door into a world of snow and vanishing hopes. ~George Mallory

How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be thin is upon them, can lose completely their sense of balance and proportion and spend years dealing with this madness.

My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.

Lest others should attempt the ascent of this terrible climb and perish, they swore themselves to secrecy (telling only enough people to ensure the perpetuation of their epic) and went off to try Everest instead.