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Climbing is what I do.

Through climbing, I've learned to find goals and work toward them. That's just the way I love to live.

The thing that I've always believed is that you have to follow your passion, and if climbing is your calling in life and your craft, to not do it is a tragedy. I am always going to encourage my children to follow their passions and dreams, whatever they are.

I love to read about the exploits of technical mountain climbers, but I've never done any vertical climbing.

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

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.

I feel like I'm climbing as well, if not better, than ever.

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

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

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.