“ Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, No thanks, Not interested, or even Fuck off, creep. Jon Krakauer
“ Bouldering isn't really a sport. It's a climbing activity with metaphysical, mystical, and philosophical overtones. -John Gill Jon Krakauer
“ I didn't doubt the potential value of paying attention to subconscious cues...problem was, my inner voice resembled Chicken Little: it was screaming that I was about to die, but it did that almost eve… Jon Krakauer
“ This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die. Jon Krakauer
“ Aí está o nó do dilema que todo alpinista no Everest acaba tendo que enfrentar: para ter sucesso, você precisa estar bastante motivado, mas, se a motivação for excessiva, é provável que você morra. Jon Krakauer
“ But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do. Jon Krakauer
“ I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for drea… Jon Krakauer
“ I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters. Jon Krakauer
“ Alex here. (...) Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times we spent together. I hope that you will not be too depressed by our parting. It may be a very long time before we see… Jon Krakauer
“ The revelation that he was merely human, and frightfully so, was beyond my power to forgive. Jon Krakauer
“ The fragility of crystal is not a weakness but a fineness. My parents understood that fine crystal glass had to be cared for or may be shattered. But when it came to my brother, they didn’t seem to kn… Jon Krakauer
“ Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. -Chris McCandless Jon Krakauer
“ Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul. Jon Krakauer
“ It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it. Jon Krakauer
“ I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have though… Jon Krakauer
“ In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Jon Krakauer
“ One of the differences between us was that Marc wanted very badly to climb the Eiger, while I wanted very badly only to have climbed the Eiger. Marc, understand, is at that age when the pituitary secr… Jon Krakauer
“ I had some terrific experiences in the wilderness since I wrote you last - overpowering, overwhelming, he gushed to his friend Cornel Tengel. But since then I am always being overwhelmed. I require it… Jon Krakauer
“ Both Elizabeth [Smart] and Ruby [Jessop] were fourteen when they were kidnapped, raped and kept captive by polygamous fanatics. The main difference in the girls' respective ordeals...is that Elizabeth… Jon Krakauer
