Traveling Is My Form Of Self-education.

The Climbing As A Whole Is Not Very Esthetic Or Enjoyable; It Is Merely Difficult.

While Our Managers Debated What Steps To Take To Address The Sales And Cash-flow Crisis, I Began To Lead Week-long Employee Seminars In What We Called Philosophies. We'd Take A Busload At A Time To Places Like Yosemite Or The Marin Headlands Above San Francisco, Camp Out, And Gather Under The Trees To Talk. The Goal Was To Teach Every Employee In The Company Our Business And Environmental Ethics And Values.

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.

You Have To Remember This Was The '60s, When Climbing Was Dangerous And Sex Was Safe.

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.