I met a guy who had recently climbed Mount Everest. In our conversation I learned that he actually reached the summit on his second attempt, having failed on his first attempt a few years earlier.
On his first attempt he could actually see the summit only a couple of hundred feet ahead of him. But he ran out of fixed rope. Despite being so close to his goal he had to make a decision. Does he risk the attempt given the very high chances that he could die and never see his young son and wife again? Or does he go back down and try again in the future.
In the face of summit fever, that feeling of going for the summit at all costs, he calmly made the decision to go back down, and live to try another day.
It was a fascinating story and lesson that could be applied to life and business. What other lessons can be understood through the experience of mountain climbing?
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