The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.