“My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfwa…”

Fear

“My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfway up I stopped, exhausted. I could look down 10,000 feet between my legs, and I have never felt more insecure. Anxiously I waved Tenzing up to me.”

— Edmund Hillary

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Title: Wikiquote: Edmund Hillary
Type: reference · Secondary source

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Hillary, Edmund. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Edmund Hillary. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary

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