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

I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

I respect Everest very much.

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.

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

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.

Climbing is what I do.