It's Okay To Be Eccentric If You're

How You Climb A Mountain Is More Important Than Reaching The Top

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.

Going Back To A Simpler Life Based On Living By Sufficiency Rather Than Excess Is Not A Step Backward. Rather, Returning To A Simpler Way Allows Us To Regain Our Dignity, Puts Us In Touch With The Land, And Makes Us Value Human Contact Again.

Everything We Make Pollutes. The Most Responsible Thing We Can Do Is To Make Each Product As Well As We Know How So It Lasts As Long As Possible.