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Edmund Hillary
1919 – 2008 • New Zealander • Explorer
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Showing 8 quotesNobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.— Edmund Hillary
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Science
My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.— Edmund Hillary
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Relationship
Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit of Mount Everest, I've been called a great adventurer.— Edmund Hillary
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Morning
I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics.— Edmund Hillary
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Medical
My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too.— Edmund Hillary
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Medical