I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the….

The summit is just a halfway point..

I love the outdoors, I love climbing mountains. But I also like to walk down the street in New York in the fall and go to a bar. So what I require of….

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself..

Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It….

The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is s….

Everybody is entertained to death..

My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing or aren't doing. Figure out….

You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing..

There is so much more to understand..

It's something to be Great, It's nothing to be Famous.

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing..

We get something to do and as soon as we've got it, it gets us..

Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody.

just let Mitch be Mitch.

The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect..

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush..

Fear attracts attack..

I don't think of love in terms of relationships. It happens in terms of seconds, but it goes away like that, too. I pass a nurse, I love her, it ends….

Anyone can be happy when times are good; the richer experience is to be happy when times are not.

Where do we come from? What are We? Where are we going?.