How You Climb A Mountain Is More

We Took Special Pride In The Fact That Climbing Rocks And Icefalls Had No Economic Value In Society...we Were Like A Wild Species Living In The Edges Of An Ecosystem - Adaptable, Resilient And Tough.

I Drive Old Cars, All My Patagonia Clothes Are Years And Years Old, I Hardly Have Anything New. I Try To Lead A Very Simple Life. I Am Not A Consumer Of Anything. And I Much Prefer Sleeping On Somebody's Floor Than In A Motel Room.

Personally, I Would Rather Climb In The High Mountains. I Have Always Abhorred The Tremendous Heat, The Dirt-filled Cracks, The Ant-covered Foul-smelling Trees And Bushes Which Cover The Cliffs, The Filth And Noise Of Camp 4 (the Climbers' Campground), And Worst Of All, The Multitudes Of Tourists Which Abound During The Weekends And Summer Months.

Nature Doesn't Like Empires. It Doesn't Like Accumulation In One Place, It Doesn't Like Monoculture. It's Always Trying To Make Diverse Species. It Wants To Spread Everything Out. And We're Constantly Trying To Hold Everything In.

There's No Difference Between A Pessimist Who Says, "oh It's Hopeless, So Don't Bother Doing Anything." And An Optimist Who Says, "don't Bother Doing Anything, It's Going To Turn Out Fine Anyways. Either Way, Nothing Happens."