People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.

You can't always get out on the mountain, so I'll put rubber on the end of my ice tools and climb the tread wall, a rotating rock wall I have in my backyard.

The truth is that adversity is a part of most days. Whether you are ultimately weakened or strengthened by each event, or the accumulation of events, will depend on you first mastering the ability to Take It On!

It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started rock climbing as a kid, when I was 16, and then I started teaching and a buddy of mine started taking me out.

I've been lucky to have lots and lots of mentors. I think that is incredibly important in anyone's life to encourage and inspire them, let them understand that their own potential is a reality that they can strive for.

It is exciting to kind of figure things out in yourself and then use other people to help you figure things out so you can really reach your potential.

People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.