Everything we make pollutes. The most responsible thing we can do is to make each product as well as we know how so it lasts as long as possible.

I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them alone.

Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder climbs now in faster times - techniques are more refined and equipement more sophisticated - but are we really any better off?

We've teamed up with some Japanese companies to, basically by 2010, make all our clothing out of recycled and recyclable fibers. And we're going to accept ownership of our products from birth to birth. So if you buy a jacket from us, or a shirt ,or a pair of pants, when you're done with it, you can give it back to us and we'll make more shirts and pants out of it.

To do good, you actually have to do something.

The climbing as a whole is not very esthetic or enjoyable; it is merely difficult.

The more I make the more I can give away.