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

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.

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

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

Profit is what happens when you do everything else right.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The more I make the more I can give away.

It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

To do good, you actually have to do something.

The revolution starts at the bottom.

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

True adventure begins when everything goes wrong.

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

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

Work had to be enjoyable on a daily basis.

The more you know, the less you need.

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