I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.


Comment (28 December 1957) eight days before he reached the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, as quoted in news summaries (5 January 1958)

Edmund Hillary Quotes

I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.

I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.

I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.

I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.