"Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster" Quotes

Attempting to climb Everest is an intrinsically irrational act—a triumph of desire over sensibility.

With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill.

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.

The summit is just a halfway point.

The air is so thin up here that it feels like you are breathing through a straw.

But when I finally reached the summit, I was too far gone to care.

I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain.

The thin air alone made the simplest tasks feel like a monumental labor.

In climbing, the journey is often more rewarding than the destination.

Mortality is the great equalizer.