The Climbing As A Whole Is Not

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.

You Ask Me About The Past, You Ask Me About The Future, The Only Way To Be Happy Is To Be Living Right Now.

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.

The Whole Purpose Of An Adventure Is To Gain Some Spiritual Or Emotional Insight. When You Compromise The Process, You Compromise The Gain.

My Favorite Quote About Entrepreneurship Is That To Understand An Entrepreneur, You Should Study A Juvenile Delinquent. They're Both Saying: "this Sucks And I'm Going To Do It Another Way." You Have To Want To Break The Rules And Prove That Your Way Works.