A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

Better we raise our skill than lower the climb

The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength.

Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and master danger in order to be intensely alive.

I had the unique experience the next day: placing sixteen bolts in a row. It was just blank and there was no way around. But it was a route worth bolting for, and after a time I began to take an almost perverse joy in it, or at least in doing a good job.

When it's been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can't go any farther, I concentrate on the next three feet. And then the next three feet; and then the next three feet. Pretty soon, I'm at the top.