Because It's There. (when Asked Why He

Mountaineers Have Often Observed A Lack Of Clarity In Their Mental State At High Altitudes; It Is Difficult For The Stupid Mind To Observe How Stupid It Is.

How To Get The Best Of It All? One Must Conquer, Achieve, Get To The Top; One Must Know The End To Be Convinced That One Can Win The End - To Know There's No Dream That Musn't Be Daredis This The Summit, Crowning The Day? How Cool And Quiet! We're Not Exultant; But Delighted, Joyful, Soberly Astonished. Have We Vanquished An Enemy? None But Ourselves. Have We Gained Success? That Word Means Nothing Here. Have We Won A Kingdom? Noand Yes. We Have Achieved An Ultimate Satisfactionfulfilled A Destiny. To Struggle And To Understand - Never This Last Without The Other; Such Is The Law.

Half The Charm Of Climbing Mountains Is Born In Visions Preceding This Experience - Visions Of What Is Mysterious, Remote, Inaccessible.

To Struggle And To Understand. Never The Last Without The First. That Is The Law.

Because It Is There [famous Explanation For Wanting To Climb Mount Everest].