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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.
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Better if he had said something natural like, "Jesus, here we are."
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I am hell-bent for the South Pole — God willing and crevasses permitting.
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I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
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As a youngster I was a great dreamer, reading many books of adventure and walking lonely miles with my head in the clouds.
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Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims
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Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
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In some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Born:
July 20, 1919
Died:
January 11, 2008
(aged 88)
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