I respect Everest very much.

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

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

Honestly, I do not experience fear in the mountains. On the contraryI feel my shoulders straightening, squaring, like the birds as they straighten their wings. I enjoy the freedom and the altitude. It is only when I return to life below that I feel the world's weight on my shoulders.

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

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.

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