- Why Do You Want To Climb

Mountaineers Have Often Observed A Lack Of Clarity In Their Mental State At High Altitudes; It Is Difficult For The Stupid Mind To Observe How Stupid It Is.

We Don't Live To Eat And Make Money. We Eat And Make Money To Be Able To Enjoy Life. That Is What Life Means, And That Is What Life Is For.

What We Get From This Adventure Is Just Sheer Joy. And Joy Is, After All, The End Of Life. We Do Not Live To Eat And Make Money.

So, If You Cannot Understand That There Is Something In Man Which Responds To The Challenge Of This Mountain And Goes Out To Meet It, That The Struggle Is The Struggle Of Life Itself Upward And Forever Upward, Then You Won’t See Why We Go. What We Get From This Adventure Is Just Sheer Joy. And Joy Is, After All, The End Of Life. We Do Not Live To Eat And Make Money. We Eat And Make Money To Be Able To Enjoy Life. That Is What Life Means And What Life Is For.

One Must Conquer, Achieve, Get To The Top; One Must Know The End To Be Convinced That One Can Win The End - To Know There's No Dream That Mustn't Be Dared. . .