Only when we accept full responsibility for our lives will we have the confidence and courage to risk.

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.

I've always had those little goals that I've worked toward-They add up.

When one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds.

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.

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