"It cannot be climbed." Chapter 1, pg. 19

"Anything but that, he said. Any other peak, any route, any venture. But not that, he said. Not the Citadel." Chapter 2, pg. 34

"He must work in the hotel. It is his mother's wish. He is to be trained for the business." Chapter 3, pg. 42

"Today, on the Blue Glacier, this boy saved my life." Chapter 3, pg. 49

"...if you do not climb like you father's son you need not bother to come back!" Chapter 4, pg. 54

"It is an evil mountain, that. A killer mountain. It has been left alone now for fifteen years, and it is best that it be left alone forever." Chapter 5, pg. 65

"A guide carries a pack. When he is a real guide he does not think of it as a load or a burden. It is as much a part of him as his rope of his boots of his...