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When you are on a climb, you always pick out people's words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.

The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick things that I'm going to live through. I don't want to die, and I'm relatively cautious. I play with that line all the time. I want things that are very exciting, so much so that they can feel almost spiritual.

One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about.

There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.

I have always let my motivation guide me, and that has served me well. Climbing has taught me how to thrive and created a life that I feel incredibly lucky to have.

To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.

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

Climbing is what I do.