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

...it's always been difficult for us to lead an examined life as a corporation. I've always felt like a company has the responsibility to not wait for the government to tell it what to do, or to wait for the consumer to tell it what to do, but as soon as it finds out it's doing something wrong, stop doing it.

Just why is Yosemite climbing so different ? Why does it have techniques, ethics and equipment all of its own ? The basic reason lies in the rock itself. Nowhere else in the world is the rock so exfoliated, so glacier-polished and so devoid of handholds. All of the climbing lines follow vertical crack systems. Every piton crack, every handhold is a vertical one. Special techniques and equipment have evolved through absolute necessity.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources and outlast their customers and go belly-up. And that's why these huge companies have massive layoffs all the time.

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

You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.