Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. -Edmund Hillary

 

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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This quote is just one of 9 total Edmund Hillary quotes in our collection. Edmund Hillary is known for saying 'Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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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There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

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You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.

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As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how.

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

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