38 Quotes by Anatoli Boukreev

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.

I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

I will advise them on how to reach the summit, I will show them how, and I will help them, but I cannot be responsible for their safety.

I respect Everest very much.

Climbing is what I do.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I am here.

Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the heights. Do not forget the mountaineers who have not returned from the summits.