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" As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you know, unbiased journalist. "
Jon Krakauer
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" The way Everest is guided is very different from the way other mountains are guided, and it flies in the face of values I hold dear: self-reliance, taking responsibility for what you do, making your own decisions, trusting your judgment - the kind of judgment that comes only through paying your dues, through experience. "
Jon Krakauer
Experience
Responsibility
Mountains
" I knew that you couldn't make a living simply writing about the outdoors, so I made an effort from the beginning of my freelance career to write about other subjects. "
Jon Krakauer
Writing
Outdoors
Effort
" When I was 23, I climbed this mountain in Alaska called Devil's Thumb alone. It was incredibly dangerous, and I did it because I thought that if I did something that hard and pulled it off, my life was gonna be transformed. And of course, nothing happened. But I get the search for purpose. "
Jon Krakauer
Alone
Mountain
Purpose
" You get a compound fracture in Colorado where I live, and you can probably be in a hospital within a matter of hours, certainly within a day. "
Jon Krakauer
Day
Hospital
Colorado
" Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion. "
Jon Krakauer
Once
God
Believe
" I've had a lot of crappy jobs, but one of my favorites was working as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. What I loved about it was, you got paid for what you caught. "
Jon Krakauer
Caught
Loved
Working
" I guess I don't try to justify climbing or defend it, because I can't. I see climbing as a compulsion that, at its best, is no worse than many other compulsions - golf or stamp collecting or growing world-record pumpkins. "
Jon Krakauer
Best
See
Climbing
" The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road. "
Jon Krakauer
Everest
Way
Yellow
" Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss. "
Jon Krakauer
Justice
Magazine
Done
" Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose. "
Jon Krakauer
Nothing
Purpose
Me
" Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering. "
Jon Krakauer
Guide
Doubt
Without
" Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon. "
Jon Krakauer
Impact
Moon
Outer Space
" 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
Want
You
Desire
" How can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you're not a feminist, then you're a problem. "
Jon Krakauer
Brain
Head
You
" There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing. "
Jon Krakauer
Humility
Afraid
Small
" There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery. "
Jon Krakauer
Romantic
War
Random
" You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and Clark and put them up there, but Everest is still in charge; it can still kick butt. "
Jon Krakauer
New
Lawyer
New York
" What makes climbing great for me, strangely enough, is this life-and-death aspect. It sounds trite to say, I know, but climbing isn't just another game. It isn't just another sport. It's life itself. Which is what makes it so compelling and also what makes it so impossible to justify when things go bad. "
Jon Krakauer
Life
Impossible
Know
" Most friendly fire incidents aren't investigated properly because of neglect or a natural inclination to cover up the embarrassing fact that they killed one of their own. "
Jon Krakauer
Fact
Up
Own
" When I write books, I've learned not to have any expectations that I'm going to change the world. "
Jon Krakauer
World
Change The World
Change
" I'm not even religious, but I get fanaticism. I get the appeal of it. "
Jon Krakauer
Appeal
Even
Fanaticism
" Everest is not real climbing. It's rich people climbing. It's a trophy on the wall, and they're done... When I say I wish I'd never gone, I really mean that. "
Jon Krakauer
Rich
People
Say
" The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance. "
Jon Krakauer
Beautiful
Earth
Free
" Why climb? That's a question that baffles me. It perplexes me. I really asked that a lot on Everest. I can't justify it. I can't say it's for a good cause. All I can say is look at the history of exploration: it's full of vainglorious pursuits. "
Jon Krakauer
Say
Climb
Good
" Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest. "
Jon Krakauer
Book
Wish
My Life
" Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. "
Jon Krakauer
Designed
Guilty
Find
" The pieces I've written for 'Outside' magazine are definitely my best work, and they're virtually all about the outdoors. "
Jon Krakauer
Best
Outside
Work
" I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book. "
Jon Krakauer
Research
Enough
Enjoy
" I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our relationship. "
Jon Krakauer
Wife
Love
Mountains
" When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do. "
Jon Krakauer
Any
No Idea
Book