Going Back To A Simpler Life Is

I Purposely Try To Hire People Who Are Really Self-motivated And Good At What They Do, And Then I Just Leave Them Alone.

The Future Of Yosemite Climbing Lies Not In Yosemite, But In Using The New Techniques In The Great Granite Ranges Of The World.

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 Climbing Something Like Everest Is To Effect Some Sort Of Spiritual And Physical Gain. But If You Compromise The Process You’re An Asshole When You Start Out And An Asshole When You Get Back.

We're Not Citizens Anymore. We're Consumers. That's What We're Called. It's Just Like Being An Alcoholic And Being In Denial That You're An Alcoholic. We're In Denial That Each And Every One Of Us Is The Problem. And Until We Face Up To That, Nothing's Going To Happen.