“You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in 6,000 feet of fixed ropes, and have one Sherpa pulling you and another pushing you. ... The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.” IfsShouldBigsHappensSpiritualProcessGoalGrowthPayFeetDangerousMountainLaysPersonal GrowthGuidesCompromiseFixedClimbsPushingClimbingLoadPullingSoloOxygenRopeLaddersEverestSherpas Author:Yvon Chouinard
“When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?” DoeMotherDiesFatherDangerousMountainJudgmentClimbsMourn Author:Susan Estrich
“I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.” ThinkingMayLittlesDifficultChallengesDealsDangerousMountainOvercomingSatisfactionEnjoymentClimbs Author:Edmund Hillary
“After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one has been in the dark, one knows how revealing it is to go into the light. Having maintained quietude, one knows how tiring compulsive activity is. Having nurtured silence, one knows how disturbing much talk is.” KnowsHas BeensLightDarkSilenceKnow HowDangerousPositionActivityClimbsTaoismTireRevealingDisturbingHigh Places Author:Zicheng Hong