“Everest is a harsh and hostile immensity. Whoever challenges it declares war. He must mount his assault with the skill and ruthlessness of a military operation. And when the battle ends, the mountain remains unvanquished. There are no true victors, only survivors.”
“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.”
“But he is only stunned by the unvanquishable difficulty of his existence.”
“What is to give light must endure burning"--Victor Frankl, Auschwitz survivor”
“Alone on the summit of Mount Everest.”
“the only thing you'll find at the summit of mount everest is a divine view, the things that really matter lie far below it”