"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"

"I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting."

"Better if he had said something natural like, "Jesus, here we are.""

"I’ve always hated the danger part of climbing, and it’s great to come down again because it’s safe … But there is som…"

"It was too late to take risks now. I asked Tenzing to belay me strongly, and I started cutting a cautious line of ste…"

"Tenzing had been waiting patiently, but now, at my request, he unfurled the flags wrapped around his ice–axe and stan…"

"Reaching the summit of a mountain gives great satisfaction, but nothing for me has been more rewarding in life than t…"

"While standing on top of Everest, I looked across the valley, towards the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally work…"

"Having just paid our respects to the highest mountain in the world, I then had no choice but to urinate on it."

"My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfway up I stopped, exhausted. I could look down 10,000 feet …"