Mark Twight quotes
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“Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art of Suffering, provides a safety net. An individual will push harder and risk more in the company of trustworthy peers...”
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“One hour three times per week in the gym is no counterbalance to all of the other behavior in those other 165 hours”
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“Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.”
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“Relish the challenge of overcoming difficulties that would crush ordinary men...learn to suffer.”
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“Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.”
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“It doesn't have to be fun to be fun.”
-- Mark TwightSource : Mark Twight (2002). “Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”, p.9, The Mountaineers Books
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“I don't actually care what I climb, only how it affects me. Which means the summit doesn't matter as much as the emotional process.”
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“Frostbite? I consider that a failure.”
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“You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.”
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“So go ahead, break stuff. Break yourself on the once-hard edges of yourself. And recycle the debris into the foundation of your future.”
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“We may train ourselves to be adaptable as possible, to respond appropriately in each situation, but the ideal of controlling the outcome or steering events as they occur must be relinquished. Chaos rules it all.”
-- Mark TwightSource : Mark Twight (2002). “Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”, p.47, The Mountaineers Books
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“Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France.”
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“The simple fact is this: when you goto Alaska, you get your ***** kicked.”
-- Mark TwightSource : Mark Twight (2001). “Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”
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“Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.”
-- Mark TwightSource : Mark Twight (2002). “Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber”, p.157, The Mountaineers Books
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