Quotes by Conrad Anker

Looking out of a tent door into a world of snow and vanishing hopes. ~George Mallory

I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. Thats what parenting is: Youre not there for yourself youre there for your offspring and everyone else around you.

Standing on the apex of our planet is humbling. Im starved of oxygen, depleted of reserves, unable to eat, and bound by anxiety. This is a dangerous place. Yet the symbolism of standing on top of the world gives me a chance to experience time on a cosmic scale.

If you compare Everest photographs in 1953 with its current state, things are melting. I imagine if I were a golfer in Indiana, Id be hard-pressed to believe in climate change because nothings going on there. But when youre up in the mountains and seeing the glaciers melt away, its an obvious physical manifestation of a warming planet.

Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully.