And I might not be leading expeditions anymore, but I’m still climbing. More recently, an April 2019 article features how he is still climbing after a heart attack, wow! Watch his TED Talk (June 2016) here on “The Call of Everest”: Since then, he’s climbed the world’s tallest peak three times, taken part in countless National Geographic expeditions, and was the subject of a 2015 feature film by his climbing partner, Jimmy Chin, about their summit of Meru. Who is your climbing hero? Alpinist Conrad Anker may be a model for many.īorn in 1962, the 56-year-old American rock climber, mountaineer and author became the face of mountaineering after discovering George Mallory’s body on Mount Everest in 1999. “It doesn’t matter what challenge we are facing, or the setbacks that might arise, we have to keep climbing.” ~ Barry Finlay Read what this Best Selling non fiction and fiction author, Barry Finlay, had to say about his famous slogan “Keep Climbing” I never foresaw the impact it would have.” It was originally just a personal reminder to my family and I to keep pushing ahead when we are met with challenges.
With Chris’ mantra in mind and with my own philosophy to keep going no matter what, I came up with the following slogan: Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep on climbing. We have to meet them head on and do our best to overcome them.
In retrospect, our climb was a sample of the challenges we all face in our lives no matter how significant they are. “When our son Chris and I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009, he mentioned he used the phrase, “Just keep swimming” from the movie Finding Nemo as motivation to reach the top.
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