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• I am not a climber, I am an adventurer." -- Reinhold Messne
• I am no longer a snow climber. I am a snow walker." -- Reinhold Messne
• Nobody talks about my failures anymore, just my successes.
  In my 30 expeditions to 8000ers 12 times I failed....
• What I do, first thing [in the morning], is I hop into the shower stall.
  Then I hop right back out, because when I hopped in I landed barefoot right on top of See Threepio, a little plastic robot character from "Star Wars" whom my son, Robert, likes to pull the legs off of while he showers....
• My ritual differs slightly. What I do, first thing [in the morning], is I hop into the shower stall.
  Then I hop right back out, because when I hopped in I landed barefoot right on top of See Threepio, a little plastic robot character from "Star Wars" whom my son, Robert, likes to pull the legs off of while he showers....
• Even with all our technology there is no way to make an 8000m peak safe.
  You must go thinking you will not come back. -- Reinhold Messne...
• When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things I didn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done.
  -- Malcolm Forbe...
• Oh, no. What have I done? What am I doing? What will I do?
  -- That is the question, "Treehouse of Horror VII...