The More You Know, The Less You

You Can Solo-climb Everest Without Using Oxygen Or You Can Pay Guides And Sherpas To Carry Your Loads, Put Ladders Across Crevasses, Lay In 6,000 Feet Of Fixed Ropes, And Have One Sherpa Pulling You And Another Pushing You. ... The Goal Of Climbing Big, Dangerous Mountains Should Be To Attain Some Sort Of Spiritual And Personal Growth, But This Won't Happen If You Compromise Away The Entire Process.

The Future Of Yosemite Climbing Lies Not In Yosemite, But In Using The New Techniques In The Great Granite Ranges Of The World.

We Took Special Pride In The Fact That Climbing Rocks And Icefalls Had No Economic Value In Society...we Were Like A Wild Species Living In The Edges Of An Ecosystem - Adaptable, Resilient And Tough.

You Have A Whole Life In The Outdoors, You Realize You Have A Sense Of Responsibility To Protect These Wild Places.

The Most Important Thing Is To Get The Fish In Quickly And Leave It In The Water. Forget The Hero Pose.