38 Quotes by Anatoli Boukreev

Mountains are not Stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

The end of every road is only the beginning of a new one, even longer and more difficult

I had been hired to prepare the mountain for the people instead of the other way around.

There is not enough luck in the world. That night I got somebody’s share.

It was possible that when the climbers were ready, the mountain wouldn’t be

Think of it as a blind date. All you initially havein common at the bottom is the reason you’re there, the top of the mountain.

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.

I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.