For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God. — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
For years I was a rock climber and nothing else. I went to school, yes, and university, yes, but in my heart… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
“The climber, like a fox which is hard-pressed, should always have one more trick in his bag.” — Whipplesnaith Copy Share Image
I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber. — Alex Lowe Copy Share Image
the deepest part of me is, and will always be, a climber. ... No matter where I go, I always feel like… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too. — Adam Ondra Copy Share Image
I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
“Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing intent of a high aim the very roughness encourages… — Tony Bond Copy Share Image
Newspapers ascribe the word "climber" to any person who falls in the mountains or off a rock. To refer to anyone who… — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me… — Ann Bancroft Copy Share Image
I think my strengths perhaps are that I'm determined. I may not be the best climber in the world, but I do… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Rubina hasn't fully explored her adventurous side yet. The main reason I fell in love with her was because she is super… — Abhinav Shukla Copy Share Image
Phil Ershler is a world class climber and guide. Sue Ershler is a first class businesswoman. But their story is not just… — Jim Whittaker Copy Share Image
I am an amateur mountain climber. Once or twice a year I go off to Chamonix in the French Alps, under Mont… — Robert Littell Copy Share Image
A 30-year-old rock climber is an old man. At 40, one is in the middle of his high-altitude power. At 50, a… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
When I lost seven of my toes on Nanga Parbat and small parts of my fingertips I knew I'd never be a… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
A lot of people love to throw the social climber thing at people who are on the rise, but it's really just… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal of a novel, 'Winter's Tale,' on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I don't know a lot about mountaineering. I once went walking in the Lake District with the legendary climber Chris Bonington and… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
It is possible for a mathematician to be "too strong" for a given occasion. He forces through, where another might be driven… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
I don't bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves,… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
