"Everest a reasonable goal"

I mentioned in my last post that I was starting to read Into Thin Air by Jack Krakauer. I'm not completely finished with the book to give a complete review, but I wanted to share a quick quote that hit home a little bit. The quote is actually a quote of a quote that he used at the beginning of chapter 7.

"Everest has attracted its share of men like these. Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight - certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal. Three things they all had in common: faith in themselves, great determination, and endurance" by Walt Unsworth in Everest

I like to think that I have great determination for certain things. I like to believe that I have endurance to achieve certain things. (Persistance if nothing else). There are a few things that I have faith in my abilities to accomplish, although maintaining this faith and dealing with self doubt is a regular battle. So what does this mean? I am not sure, but maybe it means that I am foolish enough to attempt climbing my own "Everests" even if it doesn't look smart.

If I am honest, the people I respect the most are those few people I have been around that place their fears aside and are willing to take a chance. The people that not only dream, but take steps that give inertia to those dreams. Sometimes they have failed, a couple times they have succeeded. In both instances (failed or succeeded) they have demonstrated a characteristic that I envy. They dared to make a dream turn into a reality.

Maybe I can get some feedback from a couple of those people and share it with you?