Thirty Below Quotes

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride!”
― Cassidy Randall, Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali

“Some scale mountains because there’s a kind of meditation in moving—and in the presence of risk. The proximity to the thin line between life and death at the hands of the volatile elements of this Earth demands an ultimate presence: the kind of presence that some meditate for hours and lifetimes to achieve. Walking that teetering edge of mortality—where our own decisions and will and capability determine our fate—is where we feel the most alive.”
― Cassidy Randall, Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali