The goal was to teach every employee in the company our business and environmental ethics and values.
Doing risk sport had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. You have t...
How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.
Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that we’re either directly responsible for...
…the worst thing said about him is that he was uncurious.
The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won’t happen if you compromise away the entire process.
I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies an...
It’s okay to be eccentric, as long as you are rich; otherwise you’re just crazy.
Good design is as little design as possible.
Function must dictate form.
You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means.
If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, This sucks. I'm going to do my own thing.
…most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.
Use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
The more you know, the less you need.
Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.
Looking back now, I see that we made all the classic mistakes of a growing company.
It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.
I have a little different definition of evil than most people. When you have the opportunity and the ability to do good and you do nothing, that's evil. Evil doesn't always have to be an overt act, it...
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