Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest was a testament to human achievement, my climb of Mount Everest in my shorts will be a monument to the frivolous, decadent nature of modern society.
quote by Wim Hof (2007)
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Team Spirit Conquers Roof Of The World
honoured are our sports heroes
especially our believed All Blacks
decades legendary team spirit
we view them in internationals
epic test matches against Springboks
Wallabies great Rugby nations
chasing elusive pig skin with skills
in national international matches
which makes kiwi blood boil pride
we watched an Auckland bee keeper
explorer mountaineer philanthropist
forge a route through the treacherous
Khumbu Icefall later breach 12 metre
virgin rock face the 'Hillary Step' in
Himalayas near apex Mount Everest
summit as Edmund Hillary wedged
his way up a crack in face between
rock wall the ice to climb on up past
till finally 'A few more whacks
of the ice axe in the firm snow,
and we stood on top.' Conquerors
Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay
in 1953 had summited Everest
a team effort Tenzing a few years
later revealed Hillary had put his foot
on the summit first but in true blue pride
kiwi spirit shared fame on roof of world
sharing fame on roof of the world
is kiwi team spirit iconic expected
sharing fame true measure success
poem by Terence George Craddock
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I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do.
quote by Christy Turlington
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There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.
quote by John Frankenheimer
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Mt. Everest
I don't have to
Climb
Mount Everest
To feel on
Top of the
World.
I just have to
Pour myself
Into his mouth.
He makes me
Move the world.
(Poem themed on Orgasm)
poem by Aparna Chatterjee
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Maria
Maria, your love is so amazing to me!
And i will stand by you like the well of water.
You are with a view of love so sweet,
And your love is the mountain firm beneath my feet.
Your love is amazing,
Your love is steady,
Your love is unchanging,
And your love is like a mystery to me;
How it gently lifts me up so high than Mount Everest!
Maria, your love makes me sing;
And when i am surrounded by you,
Your love carries me so high!
I am love with you and i can feel your love rising me up;
And all the joy that is growing deep inside of me is because of you.
Your love is very surprising,
Your love is very gentle,
Your love is very sweet,
And your love is like a mystery to me;
How it gently lifts me so high than Mount Everest!
And every time that i do see you,
Your sweetness shines through me like the sweet land of roses.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
quote by Abdul Kalam
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India, how to increase the Olympics medal tally
God of Games
who rides on chariots,
carriages and horses
that roar like thunder and
flash like heaven's lightnings
God of Sports
physiques lithe, muscular
and tough that can bounce over
the Himalayas and traverse Mount Everest
with the strength of Hanuman
it is time hindus adopt
a God of Sports, of Games
like the ancient greeks, romans
who will be be inspired to be
champion chariot riders,
premium swimmers braving the
treacherous Ganges and
sportsmen thumping up Everest
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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My Fair Lady Musical
On Mount Everest
the US25 dollar seat
quote by by John Tiong Chunghoo
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My Fair Lady Musical
we're watching from Mount Everest,
the girl says of the third class seat
quote by by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Which is right?
Mount Everest is in north,
An Indian will say.
It is in south, a Chinese will say.
Neither is correct to the one in the space.
17.06.2000, Palakkad
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Climbing Up Mount Everest
Out of time
Out of luck
Thought I was just dreamin
Then I woke up
You said it was over
The end of the line
Im telling everybody Im fine
But Im just
Climbing up mount everest
I swear its like
Crawling from here to memphis
Knocked senseless, like
Digging a hole to china to find
You dont love me anymore
Night after night
I come home
Watch it on the news who else was overthrown
I dont understand it
As hard as I try
But I keep crossing over the great divide
And its like
Climbing up mount everest
I swear its like
Crawling from here to memphis
Knocked senseless, like
Digging a hole to china to find
You dont love me anymore
Shine the light
Ring the bell
I guess you dont love me
Well, well
Ill go on
Ill survive
I dont know how but Ill try
Taken from real as I wanna be-album leaflet by sunny
song performed by by Cliff Richard
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If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.
quote by Tenzing Norgay
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The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.
quote by George Leigh Mallory
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There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest.
quote by Ari Fleischer
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Krysinski
Krysinski, ambitions have traversed the boundaries of modesty;
And i am here with the great expectations of love for you.
My love to you is like a Kumasi-bound Neoplan Bus,
But it will grow to touch you like Mount Everest.
I have an altruistic attitude towards this love and,
You have to lead the way forward on this love.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Man inside the Man
A thought doesn't has wings; But it flies all over
And the man cannot control it seems.
It goes to the Mount Everest
While the body stuck in a desert
And there is no any regard for the superiors, boundaries and barriers.
What kind of an untamed animal the mind is?
It never gets satisfied ask more and more
And this sleepless creature flies forever in the cycle of birth and death.
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.
quote by Tenzing Norgay
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Summit Mt Everest Death Zone Tested
ego skilled self-esteem
may summit Mt Everest
in heights rarified inflated...
feeling approach supremacy
climb into thin air past...
death zone 8000 metres
temperatures chill low level
frostbite extremities body parts...
exposed to contact ice air
snow shaded well-frozen...
deaths injury mistake slipping
falling stalks pounces high winds
threatens life diced changeable...
potential threat stalks climbers
baited breath altitude on Everest...
low atmospheric pressure
at summit alluring on Everest
about a third of sea level...
low pressure resulting in
availability in limited about...
a deprivation starved third oxygen
left to breathe in blood oxygen level
summit plummets expunged depleted...
vastly increased pace breathing rate
times three four hundred percent...
exhaustion attempting to breathe
lacking oxygen extreme cold
climbing hazards all contribute...
to death zone death toll an injured
climber who cannot walk is in...
serious threatening life trouble
rescue by helicopter death zone
too high cannot peak fly carrying...
a climber off death zone heights
reaper Everest is extremely risky...
only skilled egos climb Everest
battle fierce three harsh masters
consciousness mind edge memory
to reconcile claims demands weary
control planning confirming reality
unconscious psyche source deep
primitive impulses drives id fears
superego conscience morals forms
standards rules ethical choice society
summit triumph or rescue lost attempt
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Mucho Mungo/mt. Elga
Mucho mungo, sweet thing,
Sweetest little thing i've ever seen.
It must have been a sweet dream,
Brought you here,
Brought you through the sorrow
And the tears.
C'est la, c'est la, c'est la vie,
Sail upon the ocean, sail with me.
Sail into tomorrow ev'ry day,
Just looking for the sunshine
Through the haze.
But wait! what's this
I see?
Could it be?
Mount elga, mount elga,
A high mountain,
I climb as i'm dreaming, a-huh.
Mount elga, mount elga,
A high mountain,
I climb as i'm dreaming,
Catching me hell.
To climb this hill
The more i try to climb,
I'm slipping still.
Me body run down,
Me feeling weak.
The more i try to climb up
This mountain peak.
Mucho mungo, sweet thing,
Sweetest little thing since sweet sixteen.
C'est la, c'est la, c'est la vie,
Sail across the ocean,
Sail with me.
song performed by by Yoko Ono
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A Life
Your hidden jellylike fleshes irritate
My little warm brother
Embracing your inner organisms
Authenticating the friendliness
Adorable of pinky madness
Stumbled upon the insertion
Lava flowing with enriched
Armageddon of nutritious juices
Like driving down
The alley of Mount Everest
The reason why mankind
Existence is penultimate
We cannot erase
The pleasure
A life
poem by Sulaiman Mohd Yusof
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