For those moments when it's just you and the rock and the ice and the snow, life always makes sense.

For those moments when it's just you and the rock and the ice and the snow, life always makes sense.

In any endeavor, leaders should inspire members of the team with a passion for success, but within the framework of team effort. One of the most crucial things to realize, feel and remember is that when one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds.

The end of the ridge and the end of the world... then nothing but that clear, empty air. There was nowhere else to climb. I was standing on the top of the world.

When life gets tangled there's something so reassuring about climbing a mountain. The challenge is unambiguous.

If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them.

Our ability to respond positively to setbacks, fuels our creativity and lays the foundation for future successes.