Climbing Everest is not cheap. It's been an uphill battle. But, for an Everest climb that is appropriate.

[Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?] Because it's there.

We had an uphill battle.

. . .There is nothing to complain of. . .we had a gorgeous day for the climb, almost windless and brilliantly fine, yet we were unable to get to the summit. So we have no excuse - we have been beaten in fair fight; beaten by the height of the mountain, and by our own shortness of breath. But the fight was worth it, worth it every time, and we shall cherish the privilege of defeat by the world's greatest mountain.

I think it's an uphill battle all the way.

For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.