David Breashears Professions : Mountaineer Born : December 20, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by David Breashears The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social graces to hide behind, to play roles. You are the essence of what you are. David Breashears climbing stress character It's [“Into Thin Air”] there in print forever. It's part of history. People should be above taking someone else down. And for what? For money and egos people are willing to destroy other people to further their careers. David Breashears careers air people Everest? Don't forget it's really just a big pile of rocks. David Breashears rocks bigs forget Similar Authors Bradford Washburn mountaineer Armand Charlet mountaineer Arlene Blum mountaineer Annie Smith Peck mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev mountaineer Doug Scott mountaineer All Authors