A Quote by George Leigh Mallory

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

George Leigh Mallory

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Because Climb Everest Sir Want Why

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George Leigh Mallory
British - Celebrity
June 18, 1886 - 1924

If you compare the number of people who climb Everest to the number who climb Mt. Blanc, it is like only 2 percent. But people don't talk about how crowded Mt. Blanc is.

Nirmal Purja

I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, the guy that conquered it. He actually went on an expedition after the Everest climb to look for the Yeti, and they didn't find it, but they found a footprint and some hair samples that turned out to be a goat or something.

Rhys Darby

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.

John F. Kennedy

The answer is that I do want to climb Everest, but I don't want to go to Everest. I don't want to be cold. I can't take the time. It's just not practical.

Jesse Itzler

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

George Leigh Mallory

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

George Leigh Mallory

I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.

Gail Sheehy

If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?

George Carlin

I used to choose friends based on similarity in age and life stage, but I've learned that those were the wrong criteria. Trying to live life exclusively alongside others our own age is like attempting to climb Mt. Everest without a Sherpa. It's a little dangerous.

Glennon Doyle Melton

Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant, you must know that that giant might be just a dwarf somewhere else!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.

Tamae Watanabe

The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself. It's different than a scientist, who is simply wanting to learn.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

George Leigh Mallory

Broadway is the actor's Mt. Everest - but with more flattering frocks.

Lydia Leonard

Of course I climbed Everest without oxygen, but it's not the end of the story for me. The summit itself is not what counts. It's how'd you get there, what'd you climb, and there are really great opportunities to climb on this mountain. It's a beautiful place.