High Altitude Leadership: What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success

Chapter 7. Danger #7 COMFORT

When I wonder what I'm doing up there, cold, exhausted and terrified, I remember the words of Winston Churchill: "When you are going through hell, keep going." He must have been a climber.

—Marie-Odile Meunier Bouchard, climber and entrepreneur

Location: Mount Shisha Pangma, Tibet: The Second Attempt

In 2001, following our ascent and epic descent of Everest, my life entered a period of turmoil. I was emotionally beaten up by all the deaths and the stress of rescuing Andy and Jaime. When I came home, things were a mess. The press was treating me as a minor celebrity, which was an advantage to my business. But this just made it harder to deal with the mixed emotions of realizing my dream, at great expense. As the pressure ...