Mainly, My Job Is To

The More You Know, The Less You Need.

Real Adventure Is Defined Best As A Journey From Which You May Not Come Back Alive, And Certainly Not As The Same Person.

Climbing For Speed Records Will Probably Become More Popular, A Mania Which Has Just Begun. Climbers Climb Not Just To See How Fast And Efficiently They Can Do It, But Far Worse, To See How Much Faster And More Efficiently They Are Than A Party Which Did The Same Climb A Few Days Before. The Climb Becomes Secondary, No More Important Than A Racetrack. Man Is Pitted Against Man.

Is Climbing, As A Passion And As A Sport, Better Off Now Than It Was In The Past? We Can Do Harder Climbs Now In Faster Times - Techniques Are More Refined And Equipement More Sophisticated - But Are We Really Any Better Off?

At Patagonia, Making A Profit Is Not The Goal Because The Zen Master Would Say Profits Happen 'when You Do Everything Else Right'.