If people want to go do some big outdoor thing for their ego, have them climb snowy mountains rather than shoot animals.

Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully.

The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

The mountains are a demanding, cold place, and they don't allow for mistakes.

Once I graduated from university, I wanted to climb and be outdoors as much as possible. I worked as a part-time carpenter and kept up a relationship with The North Face. One thing led to another, and I'm lucky to be where I am now. It was a circuitous path with lots of adventure throughout.

The mountains seem to have conquered us long before we set foot on them, and they will remain long after our brief existence. This indomitable force of the mountains gives us humans a blank canvas on which to paint the drive of discovery and, in the process, test the limits of human performance.