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But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Hills are speedwork in disguise.

I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill.

'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry, though: it is not a Luddite rant. I love speed. Going fast can be fun, liberating and productive. The problem is that our hunger for speed, for cramming more and more into less and less time, has gone too far.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

The Dawn Wall and the Fitz Traverse were super-satisfying climbs. But I will always be searching for the next thing - the need to accomplish and explore are just woven into the fabric of who I am.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

In all my wild mountaineering, I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride; and the start was so sudden, and the end came so soon, I thought but little of the danger that goes with this sort of travel, though one thinks fast at such times.