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"I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year."
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"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them."

"I don't travel to learn about the world. I travel for the joy of traveling."

"A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge."

"The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible."

"Travel doesn't become adventure until you leave yourself behind."

"Don't talk about heaven if you've never been to Bali."
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"A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition."

"There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber."

"I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened."

"I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams."

"I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers."

"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."

"I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business."

"Concerned that others were not coming onto the summit and because I had no radio link to those below me, I began to wonder if there were difficulties down the mountain. I made the decision to descend."

"People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team."
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