I Have Been Seriously Afraid At Times

I've Always Hated The Danger Part Of Climbing, And It's Great To Come Down Again Because It's Safe.

Becoming A 'sir' Is Slightly Uncomfortable At First, Although It Is A Considerable Honor. It Is Amazing How Quickly You Become Accustomed To It.

I Never Talk About Being Leaders And All The Rest Of It. I Can Only Remember One Or Two Occasions In My Life When I Actually Issued Orders, And I Felt Thoroughly Miserable After Doing It.

I Was Not A Beater Of Children And As A Consequence I've Always Been, I Think, Very Agreeable And Co-operative.

June [hillary] Had Been Doing All These Things - The Himalayas And All The Rest Of It - So We Had Done Things Together For A Long Time, And, Particularly As Far As Our Sherpas Were Concerned, We Had A Very Sound, I Think, Philosophy. So That Made It Very Easy For Us To Agree On What Should Be Done.