We didn't know if it was humanly possible to reach the top of Mt. Everest. And even using oxygen as we were, if we did get to the top, we weren't at all sure whether we wouldn't drop dead or something of that nature.

In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to …

I was very much aware that we still had to get safely back down the mountain again and that was quite an important factor. I really felt the most excitement wh…

Some day I'm going to climb Everest.

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do onl…

Did the others here feel the disquiet he felt? Had they a reason for concealing that disquiet? And another question: Where was 'here'? He shut that one down sh…

Britney: Felicia, what if we don't see the ground when we land? And we just hit the ground? It'll just scare me out of nowhere.