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

I respect Everest very much.

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

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

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the heights. Do not forget the mountaineers who have not returned from the summits.

Climbing is what I do.