If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

Meaning of the quote

Tenzing Norgay, a famous Nepalese explorer, said that if he knew he would cause so much trouble, he would never have climbed Mount Everest. This quote suggests that even though climbing Everest was a great achievement, the challenges and difficulties he faced along the way were very significant. Norgay recognized that the risks and problems he encountered were worth it in the end, but he might have decided not to attempt the climb if he had known just how much trouble it would cause.

About Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer, was one of the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He accomplished this historic feat with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Norgay was later named one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by Time magazine.

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