Anatoli Boukreev Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains.”

“There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber.”

“People respected my experience, they hire me, they pay me what I am worth to coach their team.”

“This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.”

“I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now, and I know it will be impossible to stop this Everest business.”

“I said to Scott that the ascent seemed to be going slowly and that I was concerned descending climbers could possibly run out of oxygen before their return to camp IV.”

“I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.”