George Leigh Mallory quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by George Leigh Mallory

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What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.

The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.

One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

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

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

Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.

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

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.