I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

Climbing is what I do.

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

I had today so what does tomorrow matter!

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

It doesn't make any sense... that's why I trust it!

we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.

Clinton cannot possibly win in 2000.

The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties of private citizens.

A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society.

Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can't describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.

Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code