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Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

There's intense personal gratification in finding a mountain and becoming inspired by the aesthetics of an unclimbed line on that mountain, especially if that line has been tried by a lot of people who couldn't do it, and you get to set yourself up against the history of it.

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it requires high degree of physical and mental strength.

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

There's a world out there, and you've got to look at both sides of the mountain in your lifetime.

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.