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

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.

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

When one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds.

Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every three climbers who do scale the mountain, one dies trying. The facts aren't welcoming. But you don't plan a trip to Everest believing those facts will apply to you.

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

the deepest part of me is, and will always be, a climber. ... No matter where I go, I always feel like a climber.