Honestly, I do not experience fear in the mountains. On the contraryI feel my shoulders straightening, squaring, like the birds as they straighten th…

- Anatoli Boukreev

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.

- Anatoli Boukreev

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop…

- Anatoli Boukreev

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than t…

- Anatoli Boukreev

Climbing is what I do.

- Anatoli Boukreev

People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.

- Anatoli Boukreev

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

- Anatoli Boukreev

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

- Anatoli Boukreev

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

- Anatoli Boukreev