I Think That A Good Mountaineer Is

On The Summit Of Everest, I Had A Feeling Of Great Satisfaction To Be First There.

Some Day I'm Going To Climb Everest.

I Don't Spend A Lot Of Time Thinking About Dying, But I Like To Think That I've - If It Did Occur - That I Would Die Peacefully And Not Make Too Much Of A Fuss About It.

My Mother Was A Schoolteacher And Very Keen That I Go To A City School, So Although It Was Fairly Impoverished Times, I Traveled Every Day To The Auckland Grammar School.

My Mother Really Was The Strength In Our Family. She Would Sort Of Keep Us In Line And I Admired Her Very Much .