People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

Big mountains are a completely different world: snow, ice, rocks, sky, and thin air. You cannot conquer them, only rise to their height for a short time; and for that they demand a great deal. The struggle is not with the enemy, or a competitor like in sports, but with yourself, with the feelings of weakness and inadequacy. That struggle appeals to me. It is why I became a mountaineer.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.