I suppose we go to Mount Everest, granted the opportunity, because—in a word—we can’t help it. Or, to state the matter rather differently, because we are mountaineers…. To refuse the adventure is to run the risk of drying up like a pea in its shell.

It was on this day (June 18th) in 1886 that George Herbert Leigh Mallory was born in Moberly, Cheshire to a clergyman. I have written plenty about he and Andrew Irvine’s fateful summit bid on Mount Everest on June 8, 1924, and won’t repeat myself here. But, in some pretty exciting news, my friend Conrad […]

Lessons from the K2 1953 expedition that remind us what is truly important in critical decision making, especially when big goals and high risk are involved.

Trusting our instinct, our intuition, is critical in decision making, especially when we don't have the luxury of long-term analysis.