Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Henry Morton Stanley: 'Dr. David Livingstone left the Island of Zanzibar in March, 1866.' Read More Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Henry Morton Stanley: 'The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Edmund Hillary: 'I am inclined to think that the realm of mythology is where the Yeti rightly belongs.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Freya Stark: 'There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Henry Morton Stanley: 'Dr. David Livingstone left the Island of Zanzibar in March, 1866.' Read More
Herod 1/19/24 Herod 1/19/24 Henry Morton Stanley: 'The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children.' Read More