Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal
seems to me, the more indifferent I become to myself. My attention
has diminished, my memory is weakened. My mental fatigue is now
greater than the bodily. It is so pleasant to sit doing nothing - and therefore so dangerous. Death through exhaustion is like death
through freezing - a pleasant one.


Moving Mountains: Lessons on Life and Leadership (ed. Executive Excellence Publishing, 2001)

Reinhold Messner Quotes

Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more...

Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more...

Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more...

Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more...