Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer
Together with Sir Edmund Hillary , was the first to climb Mt. Everest.
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have,to live with this shame.
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.
It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a,wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and,worries about income tax.
I needed to go. . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force,on earth.
To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.
We look up. For weeks, for months, that is all we have done. Look up.
I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life. .
