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By lying to yourself, you're only consigning your goals to failure.

Thinking positively is the only way to survive at 8,000 metres. Nobody cheats death by wallowing in self-pity.

Tomorrow might not happen.

It's possible to learn a lot about someone when the chips are down.

You're not going to get your dream by just fantasizing about it. But if you make it your ultimate goal, or god, and give yourself to it entirely, there's a good chance it might come your way.

Never underestimate the mountain you're about to climb- no matter how easy people think it might be. Be confident, but show respect.

Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

Get the hardest job out of the way.

The biggest problem facing humanity at this moment in history is our inability to think long-term.

I'd rather burn out in style than drift away quietly.

Bravery over everything else.

Today I will give 100% and survive. I'll worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes.

Trailblazing techniques:
Shin to knee deep snow
Thigh or waist high

Never burn yourself out unnecessarily.

7 summits include:
Denali, Everest, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Vinson, Aconcagua, Carstensz Pyramid

14 peaks : Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhoste, Makalu, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I&II, K2, Broad Peak, ChoOyu, Shishapangma

Nims-style: the relentless pursuit of excellence under brutal conditions.

Loving his rules:
1. Hope was God.
2. The little things counted most on the big mountains.

"Your extremes are my normality.

To be a winner you have to behave like one, to be a champion you need to look like one.

This going in and out of people's lives is hard. And dangerous. But it's necessary. Otherwise you stay the same. Sometimes you encounter new and better, sometimes new and worse, most often new and different.

No stability tests were performed, no marine architect was consulted when Andrea Gail was overhauled in 1986. Eyeball engineering. Well oooh well

"Fathers are men who go away for weeks at a time and come home smelling of fish." I've laughed so hard at this. Lol

The earth was without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

The Andrea Gail- built in Panama City, Florida, in 1978. 72 feet long, 365 horsepower, turbo-charged diesel engine with speeds of up to 12 knots....

Well The Andrea Gail means a raked-stem, hardchined western-rig sword fisherman. Meaning her bow has a lot of angle to it, has a nearly square cross section and her pilothouse is up front rather than in the stern, atop an elevated deck called the whaleback.

"The real truth is that for all those years, on the hard days, the good days, and all the unremembered days that make up the pages of the real book of our lives, Dewey was holding me. He's still holding me now. So thank you, Dewey. Thank you. Wherever you are."

What a conclusion.

Pass me tissue, someone.

We all go through the tractor blades every now and then. We all get bruised, and we all get cut. Sometimes the blades cut deep. The lucky ones come through with a few scratches, a little blood, but even that isn't the most important thing. The most important thing is having someone there to scoop you up, to hold you tight, and to tell you everything is all right.

Find your place. Be happy with what you have. Treat everyone well. Live a good life. It isn't about material things; it's about love. And you can never anticipate love.

Dewey is gone. Oooh no. Ooh no. Ooh no no no.

Dewey has a large tumor in his stomach, pushing to his kidneys and intestines.

The library cat's golden rule for all time: never forget, nor let humans forget, that you own the joint!