George Leigh Mallory

“So, after all, I may be going to the Everest.”

“Because it's there.”

“Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves.”

“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'.”

“What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life.”

“We are about to walk off the map.”

“One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared.”