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The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Climb Drives Itself Matters Summit Us

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Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Freedom Mountains Respectfully Them Treat

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The mountains seem to have conquered us long before we set foot on them, and they will remain long after our brief existence. This indomitable force of the mountains gives us humans a blank canvas on which to paint the drive of discovery and, in the process, test the limits of human performance.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: After Before Blank Blank Canvas Brief Canvas Conquered Discovery Drive Existence Foot Force Gives Human Humans Indomitable Limits Long Mountains Our Paint Performance Process Remain Seem Set Test Them Us Which Will

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When you find your passion, it's great. You go up a mountain with partners, and you have a wonderful opportunity to connect and achieve a goal together. You are not trying to be better than other humans. You are supporting each other.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Achieve Better Connect Each Find Go Goal Great Humans Mountain Opportunity Other Partners Passion Supporting Than Together Trying Up Wonderful You Your

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When I was a kid, we would build pillow forts. My pillow fort was always like Ice Station 9 in Antarctica. The other kids would come by and be like, 'Oh! The wind and snow is blowing.' From a young age, I wanted to be out there and surviving. I'm a high-strung, hyperactive guy.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Age Always Antarctica Blowing Build Come Fort Guy Ice Kid Kids Like Oh Other Other Kids Out Pillow Snow Station Surviving Wanted Wind Would Young Young Age

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Here at home, we're in a world of right angles and human construct, so whether it's cement or plastic or steel, everything is at an angle. But nature is chaos theory in full play. So having that uniqueness of what nature is gives me a sense of rejuvenation and scale.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Angle Angles Cement Chaos Construct Everything Full Gives Having Here Home Human Me Nature Plastic Play Right Scale Sense Steel Theory Uniqueness Whether World

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Standing on the apex of our planet is humbling. I'm 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.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Anxiety Bound Chance Cosmic Dangerous Dangerous Place Depleted Eat Experience Gives Humbling Me Our Our Planet Oxygen Place Planet Reserves Scale Standing Starved Symbolism Time Top Unable World

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I like to think that today is the best day of my life and tomorrow will be the next best day of my life. And if you think that way, you're living for the beauty of today.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Beauty Best Day Life Like Living My Life Next Think Today Tomorrow Way Will You

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It's our human nature to explore. Tens of thousands of years ago, our species walked out of Africa, traveling far and wide across the entire planet, from the Arctic to the tip of Tierra Del Fuego, making us the most geographically diversified species on Earth.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Across Africa Arctic Diversified Earth Entire Explore Far Human Human Nature Making Most Nature Our Out Planet Species Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands Thousands Of Years Tip Traveling Us Walked Wide Years Years Ago

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Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.

~Conrad Anker

Topics: Anywhere Anywhere Else Behind Competitiveness Could Driven Ego Else Exploration Face Find House Huge Lot More Offers Our Perhaps Perspective Really Say Some Than Unique Us Whether Woods World You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: November 27th, 1962

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