The New York Times Published: March 18, 1923 、12ページ、記事の第3段落 "Because it's there,"の後に、マロリーは以下のように答えている。「エベレストは世界最高峰で、誰も登頂していない。その存在は挑戦的だ。その質問の答えは、本能的なもの、全世界を征服しようとする人間の欲望の一部ではないかと思う（"Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit. Its existence is a challenge. The answer is instinctive, a part, I suppose, of man's desire to conquer the universe."）」
[2] Steven Boyd Saum, Editor, Santa Clara Magazine, Santa Clara University, 12 Dec 2010 、Why climb it? "Because it’s there," the man answered—it being Mt. Everest, rising amid a range whose name means the Abode of Snow to a height taller than any other mountain on the globe.
[3] MALLORY THRILLS UNION AUDIENCE Record Height of 27,235 Feet Above Sea Level Reached on Second Try--Oxygen Tanks Proved Unsuccessful、The Harvard Crimson、February 28, 1923.
Mr. Mallory introduced his speech by asking "What is the purpose of climing Mount Everest?" He answered his question by saying in jest that it was of no use other than to fulfill the desire of geologists for a stone from the summit and to show physiologists at just what altitude human life became impossible.
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[1] CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST
IS WORK FOR SUPERMEN 読みやすくリライトしたもの。THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 18 1923.
The New York Times Published: March 18, 1923
"WHY did you want to climb Mount Everest?" This question was asked of George Leigh Mallory, who was with both expeditions toward the summit of the world's highest mountain, in 1921 and 1923, and who is now in New York. He plans to go again in 1924, and he gave as the reason for persisting in these repeated attempts to reach the top, "Because it's there." "But hadn't the expedition valuable scientific results?"
"Yes. The first expedition made a geological survey that was very valuable, and both expeditions made observations and collected specimens, both geological and botanical." The geologists want a stone from the top of Everest. That will decide whether it is the top or the bottom of a fold. But these things are by-products. Do you think Shackelton went to the South Pole to make scientific observations? He used the observations he did make to help finance the next trip. Sometimes science is the excuse for exploration. I think it is rarely the reason.
"Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit. Its existence is a challenge. The answer is instinctive, a part, I suppose, of man's desire to conquer the universe."
