“For me, one of the attractions simply is the variety of interests that...” — Jeff Lowe Quote

For me, one of the attractions simply is the variety of interests that climbing serves. In the Himalayas, it's the traveling, the different cultures you experience, the friends you make around the world. On the wall in the gym, it's the feeling of fitness, it's more exciting than pumping iron and motivates you to keep working out.

I've always pushed my body way too hard, gone days without eating at 20,000 feet, and caught every exotic bug that didn't kill me.

I mean any fool can hurl themselves at a climb that is beyond their abilities to safely negotiate. You may get away with such an approach nine times, but the tenth time you don't come back.

Climbing is wildly diverse, ranging from the rock-climbing wall at the local health club to the cutting edge of major Himalayan Alpine ascents.

I am a fitness lover; I believe a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that's why I believe in being regular with exercise every day.

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

Fitness is about keeping yourself healthy. This is something you do for yourself and for your loved ones.

For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.

I was always very interested in fitness, I played a lot of sports growing up.