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Good people climb quickly - just like in a company.

I've definitely got lists of things I'd love to accomplish as a climber. But let's face it: The world's full of climbers, and the realm of unexplored, unclimbed peaks is shrinking rapidly.

As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.

I happily claim expertise in no single aspect of climbing, which is what has kept the passion burning hot all these years.

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

Climbing is what I do.

Building a company isn't that different from climbing a big mountain. You need people helping you traverse treacherous paths and to lift you up when you fall.

I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber.

Climbing, for me, is all about solving the magnitude of the problem. The best projects are the ones with big question marks hanging over them.