“It's a tough lesson: There is no summit that comes before you expect it.” — Mark Obmascik Copy Share Image
Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was, — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is. — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on… — Jimmy Jewel Copy Share Image
I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people… — Jim Wickwire Copy Share Image
I've loved mountains since I was a girl, and when I discovered mountaineering fiction after college, I was hooked. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. — Charlie Fowler Copy Share Image
For us the mountains had been a natural field of activity where, playing on the frontiers of life and death, we had… — Maurice Herzog Copy Share Image
“Her er rummelig og bredt, her slår vi oss ned i en grushaug og spiser mat og drikker saft og ligger på… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“...just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it… — Samina Baig Copy Share Image
Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety… — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image
“...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain… — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image
I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rise early. Fix a time-table to which you must try to keep. One seldom regrets having made an early start, but one… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast…a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic…So get out there and hunt and fish and mess… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which… — Duncan Ferguson Copy Share Image
“- og nu er det jeg som står og blir liten på den siste krumning i hyldens blygt hendøende motiv.-Drømmer jeg? Er… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own,… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
Big mountains are a completely different world: snow, ice, rocks, sky, and thin air. You cannot conquer them, only rise to their… — Anatoli Boukreev Copy Share Image
“Jo riktig, jeg forlot min venn i to fingre på luselisten. Men han hang ikke sånn i sin simple almindelighet, nei det… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“I trained. I punished myself. I thought making myself suffer on a day-to-day basis would prepare me for climbing hard at high… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
