Stacy Allison Quotes

#1. I've always had those little goals that I've worked toward-They add up.

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#2. The end of the ridge and the end of the world ... then nothing but that clear, empty air. There was nowhere else to climb. I was standing on the top of the world.

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#3. When life gets tangled there's something so reassuring about climbing a mountain. The challenge is unambiguous.

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#4. For those moments when it's just you and the rock and the ice and the snow, life always makes sense.

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#5. Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every three climbers who do scale the mountain, one dies trying. The facts aren't welcoming. But you don't plan a trip to Everest believing those facts will apply to you.

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#6. If you see yourself as trying to beat the mountain, eventually the mountain will win. You don't conquer mountains, you cooperate with them.

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#7. Reaching that windswept perch, I decided, would cleanse my spirit and heal my wounds. More than that, it would send me home with a title: The First American Woman to Climb Everest.

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#8. When one team member succeeds, the entire team succeeds.

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#9. The deepest part of me is, and will always be, a climber ... No matter where I go, I always feel like a climber.

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#10. Only when we accept full responsibility for our lives will we have the confidence and courage to risk.

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#11. Our ability to respond positively to setbacks, fuels our creativity and lays the foundation for future successes.

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