I’ve said from time to time that when once asked why he climbed Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary quipped “Because it’s there”. As it turns out, I happened across the actual person to whom the quote is attributed: George Mallory.
Unfortunately for both Mallory and the power of the quote, Mallory’s body currently resides on Everest.
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