The Revolution Starts At The Bottom.

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

So All Of These Companies That Are Going For The Big Growth, If It Continues For Any Length Of Time, Will Outlast Their Resources And Outlast Their Customers And Go Belly-up. And That's Why These Huge Companies Have Massive Layoffs All The Time.

Hire Extremely Independent, Intelligent, And Passionate People, Not Necessarily "experts." Maybe Three Or Four Of My Employees Have Mbas, And Those Guys Aren't Necessarily At The Top Of The Food Chain.

Doing Risk Sports Had Taught Me Another Important Lesson: Never Exceed Your Limits. You Push The Envelope And You Live For Those Moments When You’re Right On The Edge, But You Don’t Go Over. You Have To Be True To Yourself; You Have To Know Your Strengths And Limitations And Live Within Your Means. The Same Is True For A Business. The Sooner A Company Tries To Be What It Is Not, The Sooner It Tries To ‘have It All,’ The Sooner It Will Die.

You Have To Remember This Was The '60s, When Climbing Was Dangerous And Sex Was Safe.