You learn over years of expeditions that having faith, and putting one foot in front of the other, you do end up pulling off climbs that seem completely impossible. There's a certain beauty to that. It has an allure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.
There's a constant tension in climbing, and really all exploration, between pushing yourself into the unknown but trying not to push too far. The best any of us can do is to tread that line carefully.
When you are on a climb, you always pick out people's words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.
As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.
Anytime you finish a climb, there's always the next thing you can try.
Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
Climbing is what I do.
Climbing is a journey without culmination.