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  1. My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfway up I stopped, exhausted. I could look down 10,000 feet between my legs, and I…
  2. I am hell-bent for the South Pole - God willing and crevasses permitting.
  3. Better if he had said something natural like, 'Jesus, here we are.'
  4. I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe ... But there is something about buildin…
  5. It was too late to take risks now. I asked Tenzing to belay me strongly, and I started cutting a cautious line of steps up the ridge. Peeri…
  6. Tenzing had been waiting patiently, but now, at my request, he unfurled the flags wrapped around his ice-ax and standing at the summit, hel…
  7. Reaching the summit of a mountain gives great satisfaction, but nothing for me has been more rewarding in life than the result of our climb…
  8. While standing on top of Everest, I looked across the valley, towards the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally worked out a route about h…

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