"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
— Edmund Hillary

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Though widely attributed to Hillary on the Internet and in several books (e.g. That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom (2003) by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, p. 20), this appears to have originated from George Mallory .