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Edmund Hillary Quote: 'I like to think of Everest ...'

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I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.
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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. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
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