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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. - Edmund Hillary

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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

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Author Profession: Explorer

Nationality: New Zealander

Born: July 20, 1919

Died: January 11, 2008

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Conquer, Mountain, Ourselves

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