Could Quote by Anatoli Boukreev

I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot…

— Anatoli Boukreev

“THE DESCENT SEEMED faster than the ascent: standard in travel as well as in life.”

— Faye Kellerman

“I have climbed mountains for more than twenty-five years, and only once on an assault of an 8,000er did I ever use it. Never…

— Anatoli Boukreev

The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent.

— Carl Jung

“I didn’t say a word. He wouldn’t be using oxygen. K2 is more dangerous than Everest.”

— Susan Oakey-Baker

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was…

— Steven Magee

As technology tries to maintain its dizzying ascent, one dead weight has kept its altitude in check: the battery.

— Steven Levy

Of course I climbed Everest without oxygen, but it's not the end of the story for me. The summit itself is not what counts.…

— Ueli Steck

“When I asked him what he thought, Neal said, 'Anatoli, many of our members are at high altitude for the first time, and they…

— Anatoli Boukreev

“Lest others should attempt the ascent of this terrible climb and perish, they swore themselves to secrecy (telling only enough people to ensure the…

— Whipplesnaith

I knew that there would be climbers around me who would reach the summit faster. I was warned not to be hasty.

— Arunima Sinha

I was the first man to climb the world's 14 tallest peaks without supplementary oxygen, but I never asked how high I would go,…

— Reinhold Messner