I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

I'm not infatuated with frivolousness. We're just good friends.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about dying, but I like to think that I've - if it did occur - that I would die peacefully and not make too much of a fuss about it.