Author of quotes: John Krakauer

At the beginning of a complex, especially a complex a single ascent, constantly feel the abyss pulling you back. To resist it, requires an incredible conscious effort, don't you dare let my guard down for a moment. The siren's song ringing from the void, brings you to the edge, making your movements jerky and awkward. But you continue to move up, and gradually get used to the helplessness, the touch of rock, beginning to believe in the reliability of the hands and feet, and head. You learn to trust self-control.

Wild nature attracts those who are tired or sick people and their businesses.

Me the creeps run until the end of time linger on the trivial plane of existence...

There are people for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to put aside all doubt, who are most careful of people.

There is nothing more harmful for the seeker of the human spirit than a secure future.

... as history shows, when given the chance to reach the highest point of the planet, people are surprisingly quick stops to think sensibly.

It cannot be denied... the opportunity to freely roam the world always inspires. She have been associated with escape from his biography, harassment, laws, and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and all roads, of course, led to the West.

She was so fragile. I can still feel her fingers sliding along my arm and then let go of this hand. I didn't even turn around to look at her.

But sometimes I asked myself: did I just come all this long way to understand what actually I was looking for what was left behind.

It seemed that here on the mountain, there is an unspoken agreement to pretend that the parched remains not real - as if none of us dared to acknowledge what is at stake here.

You can find a lot of reasons, but ultimately, it all comes down to human error.

Mallory, answering the pesky question of the correspondent why he decided to climb Everest, uttered his renowned wit: "Because he exists".

If day and night are such that you're happy to meet them, if life smells like flowers and sweet herbs, if it is more flexible, closer to the stars and immortality - this is your victory.

Your only enemy is yourself and your own stubbornness that prevents to go in a new way.