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Yvon Chouinard quotes: You climb to the summit and there is nothing there ...

You climb to the summit and there is nothing there ...

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Mainly, my job is to be on the outside and bring ideas into the company and forge change. Most people hate change - it's threatening. I thrive on it.

Mainly, my job is to be on the outside and bring ideas into the company and forge change. Most people hate change - it's threatening. I thrive on it.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.

Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.

A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: We choose to believe that the granite is alive. If life is movement, then rock - with its atoms flying around like stars in cosmos - is alive.

We choose to believe that the granite is alive. If life is movement, then rock - with its atoms flying around like stars in cosmos - is alive.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.

It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: ... the worst thing said about him is that he was uncurious.

... the worst thing said about him is that he was uncurious.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.

Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it's so easy to make it complex.

The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it's so easy to make it complex.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac ...

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac ...

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Once you educate yourself, you're left with choices.

Once you educate yourself, you're left with choices.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The climbing as a whole is not very esthetic or enjoyable; it is merely difficult.

The climbing as a whole is not very esthetic or enjoyable; it is merely difficult.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.

At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: 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.

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.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Mastery ... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

Mastery ... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The more I make the more I can give away.

The more I make the more I can give away.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.

It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: It's okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you're just crazy.

It's okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you're just crazy.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.

But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.

The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: ... most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.

... most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them alone.

I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them alone.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.

The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: You have a whole life in the outdoors, you realize you have a sense of responsibility to protect these wild places.

You have a whole life in the outdoors, you realize you have a sense of responsibility to protect these wild places.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: To do good, you actually have to do something.

To do good, you actually have to do something.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The revolution starts at the bottom.

The revolution starts at the bottom.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.

True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.

You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong - that's when adventure starts

The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong - that's when adventure starts

Yvon Chouinard quotes: Work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis.

Work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The more you know, the less you need.

The more you know, the less you need.

Yvon Chouinard quotes: The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain.

The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain.