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Mark Twight, born on November 2, 1961, is a renowned mountaineer. He is known for his adventures and challenges in the extreme mountaineering field, particularly in the Alps and the Himalayas. Twight's mountaineering career is marked by groundbreaking achievements, both in terms of technical innovation and the exploration of psychological and physiological limits.

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“Success can breed contempt, and a casual attitude toward danger.”

Attitude Danger Contempt Casual

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“...and while ambition sleeps inside of me I content myself with memories of glitter and despair.”

Memories Sleep Despair Ambition Glitter

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“Inconsistency, incompetence, and lies are all cut short by the ground. It will stop you if you can't stop yourself.”

Ifs Lying Cutting Incompetence Inconsistency

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“I scavenged for sensation, sought myself in the rewards of being out there, across the Border.”

Rewards Borders Sensations

Author:Mark Twight

“So go ahead, break stuff. Break yourself on the once-hard edges of yourself. And recycle the debris into the foundation of your future.”

Hard Stuff Break Foundation Edges Our Future Tattoo Your Future Debris

Author:Mark Twight

“It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.”

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.”

Spectators Participants

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“The simple fact is this: when you goto Alaska, you get your ass kicked.”

Facts Simple Ass Alaska

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France.”

Knows Bigs Wanted Know How Rights Exercise France Amendments Truck Second Amendment Congressman Hardcore

Author:Mark Twight

“We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events as they occur must be relinquished. Chaos rules it all.”

May Situation Events Ideals Train Chaos Outcomes Steering Adaptable

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“One hour three times per week in the gym is no counterbalance to all of the other behavior in those other 165 hours”

Three Hours Week Behavior Gym Three Times One Hour

Author:Mark Twight

“Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.”

“Frostbite? I consider that a failure.”

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“Some of us wake up. Others roll over.”

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“Relish the challenge of overcoming difficulties that would crush ordinary men...learn to suffer.”

Men Suffering Challenges Ordinary Overcoming Difficulty Crush Relish Ordinary Man

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“Punish the body to perfect the soul.”

Soul Body Perfect

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“You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.”

Ifs Environment Influence Depends Standards Expectations Raises Environmental Peers Our Environment Expectations Of Yourself Environmental Influences

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“Everything costs something everyone pays”

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“Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art of Suffering, provides a safety net. An individual will push harder and risk more in the company of trustworthy peers.”

May Art Pain Suffering Individual Effort Company Support Risk Groups Harder Safety Psychological Dedicated Peers Avoided Breakdown Trustworthy Safety Net

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“I don't actually care what I climb, only how it affects me. Which means the summit doesn't matter as much as the emotional process.”

Mean Matter Care Process Emotional Climbs Climbing Summit

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“Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.”

Ifs Sometimes Effort Sacrifice Altars

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“Apperance is a Consequence of Fitness.”

Author:Mark Twight

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Born: November 2, 1961
Known for: Mountaineer
Quotes: 22

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