Becoming A 'sir' Is Slightly Uncomfortable At

Nothing Can Replace Courage, A Resounding Motivation And That Little Bit Of Luck.

We Had So Much In Common [with June Hillary] That We Just Carried On With Life As We Had Been Doing. It Wasn't Easy, But It Was - I Realise Now That It Was The Only Thing To Do.

Human Life Is Far More Important Than Just Getting To The Top Of A Mountain.

I Was Incredibly Stubborn. I Mean, I Believe That My Father Was Frequently In The Right, But I Would Never Admit It, And So We Did Have A Few Set-tos On Various Topics; But On The Whole As I Got Older And My Father Got More Mature We Got Along Reasonably Well.

I Like To Think Of Everest As A Great Mountaineering Challenge, And When You've Got People Just Streaming Up The Mountain - Well, Many Of Them Are Just Climbing It To Get Their Name In The Paper, Really.