“- Jon Krakauer: It hurts. It's dangerous. I gotta ask the question, you know I do. Why?
- Doug Hansen: I have kids. They see a regular guy can follow impossible dreams, maybe they'll do the same.”
Michael Kelly - Jon Krakauer
John Hawkes - Doug Hansen

“Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.”
Michael Landon

“- Bruce Nolan: Is this heaven?
- God: No, this is Mount Everest. You should flip on the Discovery Channel from time to time.”
Jim Carrey - Bruce Nolan
Morgan Freeman - God

“- Harold: It's beautiful.
- Taylor: Course it's beautiful, did you think I'd take you to an ugly mountain?”
Matt Craven - Harold
Michael Biehn - Taylor

“- Jeff: No-one's going to believe he went to Miami, nobody goes to Miami!
- Rudy: Old people go to Miami, he's old isn't he? Where do you want him to go, Aspen?
- Jeff: Aspen? Fuck Aspen, this crate won't go around the block...
- Big Jim: The fuck it won't! This motherfucker runs!”

Gerrit Graham - Jeff
Kurt Russell - Rudy Russo
Frank McRae - Jim the Mechanic