Easier to climb up, than to just hang on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.
It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.
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.
Climbing is what I do.
When you are on a climb, you always pick out people's words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.
Getting to the top is not so easy; staying there is more difficult.
It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.