Why You Should Do Hard Things

In 1924, a man by the name of George Mallory climbed Mt. Everest. To this day, we don’t know if he summited the mountain with his climbing partner, Sandy Irvine, as the first ascent to yield survivors wouldn’t come for another three decades. Mallory remained on the fabled mountain for 75 years, until an expedition commissioned to recover lost adventurers brought him down. If you’ve heard of George Mallory, you may know of his famous response to the question of why he wanted to climb Everest: “Because it’s there.”