George Leigh Mallory Quotes

The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
George Leigh Mallory

The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.
George Leigh Mallory

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.
George Leigh Mallory

What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.
George Leigh Mallory

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George Leigh Mallory Quotes

Type: Celebrity Quotes Category: British Celebrity Quotes Date of Birth: June 18, 1886 Year of Death: 1924 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: George Leigh Mallory Related Authors: Michael Burgess Peter Wright Cynthia Payne Ronald Biggs John Motson Barry Sheene Gertrude Jekyll David Elliott Louise Woodward	The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. George Leigh Mallory The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy. George Leigh Mallory We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth. George Leigh Mallory What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. George Leigh Mallory