In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed in the deceitfulness of mental and believing that you are worth as much as the public image.

The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I am the center of everything

I see one single suitable role for my life's work: for it to be a gift to others.

Whenever a climber leaves the known paths, he enters an area without rules or routines... The only advice comes from deep inside the self.

Great effort, fear and suffering sweet all the worthless chaff out of us.

Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being self-centered.

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.