When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.

I often start into these trips knowing that there's an underlying purpose that transcends merely climbing a peak.

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.

This trip is about friendship, being in the hills with good friends and focusing on everyone's goals and aspirations.

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