I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.

I have to admit I do get a bit depressed at times and you know I think about the good old days when I was charging ahead.

I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.

I have a number of heroes I still have warm feelings about. [Derek] Shackleton, for instance, was definitely, and still is, one of my great heroes.

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.