Aaron Davis

“The simpler we make things, the richer the experiences become.” But only if we remain active, only if we try, only if we risk – and especially when we fail. Failure is a part of learning. Through our failures we learn the most. “Action is the message.” – Reinhold Messner”
― Steve House, Beyond the Mountain

“Better my knees end early from overuse than my life end early from underuse.”
― Mishka Shubaly, The Long Run

“The new alpinism comes full circle as small teams of fit, trained athletes emulate Mummery, aspire to Preuss, climb like the young Messner. Because those pioneers knew that alpinism—indeed all mindful pursuits—is at its most simple level the sum of your daily choices and daily practices. Progress is entirely personal. The spirit of climbing does not lie in outcomes—lists, times, your conquests. You do keep those; you will always know which mountains you have climbed, which you have not. What you can climb is a manifestation of the current, temporary, state of your whole self. You can’t fake a sub-four-minute mile just as you can’t pretend to do an asana.”
― Steve House, Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete