I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

Once you educate yourself, you're left with choices.

But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

I drive old cars, all my Patagonia clothes are years and years old, I hardly have anything new. I try to lead a very simple life. I am not a consumer of anything. And I much prefer sleeping on somebody's floor than in a motel room.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top