Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.

Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

Faith is personal if it's to be real.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way - hence we shouldn't ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give - that's a much better benchmark.

Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.