It's Not A Real Adventure When You

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.

I Have Been Seriously Afraid At Times But Have Used My Fear As A Stimulating Factor Rather Than Allowing It To Paralyse Me. My Abilities Have Not Been Outstanding, But I Have Had Sufficient Strength And Determination To Meet My Challenges And Have Usually Managed To Succeed With Them.

I Would Have Said That During The Early Days Of My Life There Was Never A Moment When I Wasn't Fit. We Worked Extremely Hard On The Beekeeping Line, And Both My Brother And I Used To Compete, Particularly When We Were Collecting Honey. We Would Each Have An 80-pound Box Of Honey And We Would Race Up The Hill On The Tuakau Track And Race Back Down. We Just Raced All The Time, And We Used To Keep Very Fit Indeed.

[derek] Shackleton Was A Man Who - It's Probably Arrogant To Say It - But He Was A Little Bit Like Me. He Undertook Incredible Dangers And Carried On Over The Sea And Over The Ice And All The Rest Of It. He Was A Remarkable Man.

Motivation Is The Single Most Important Factor In Any Sort Of Success.