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

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from the rest of my life. I thrilled in the fresh perspective that came from the tipping the ordinary plane of existence on end.

I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world.

Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.