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Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.

Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you're not equipped properly and doing the right thing all the time.

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Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.

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Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

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The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.

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Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

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I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

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Most friendly fire incidents aren't investigated properly because of neglect or a natural inclination to cover up the embarrassing fact that they killed one of their own.

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There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

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I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

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