George Mallory - How to get the best of it all? One must...

How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared... Is this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We're not exultant; but delighted, joyful; soberly astonished... Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? No... And yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfaction... Fulfilled a destiny... To struggle and to understand - never this last without the other; such is the law...