In the SOWER'S SEEDS, Brian Cavanaugh tells the story of how Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29,1953, he scaled the highest mountain then known to man: more than 29,000 feet above sea level. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success. You see, in 1952, he attempted to climb Mount Everest but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address it's members.
Edmund Hillary walked onstage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice,
" Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... and I'm still growing!"
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