“When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.” — Edmund Hillary Quote

When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

You might need a little more nuance in personal relationships. Climbing the work ladder is different from climbing the social ladder.

There were many fruit trees in our house when I was growing up and I never missed climbing any of them.

Ever since I've been a kid, I've always been about running around, climbing trees, exploring.

Climbing is my art; I get so much joy and gratification from it.

I'm way more in my head acting than I am when I'm writing. So there's a weird love/hate on both ends. But writing, as tough as it is, I get so much more out of it. It's like climbing Mt. Everest.