“Så kastet jeg mig over Turistforeningens Årbøker og slukte hvad jeg fandt om klatring. Horunger, nåler og Djævleskar! Store Gud!” — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon. — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom. — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
In no other pursuit is the best or the worst in a man brought out as in mountaineering. An old friend of… — Frank Smythe Copy Share Image
“Mountaineers are one of the few groups to celebrate before the finish line. More mountaineers die on the descent than on the… — Susan Oakey-Baker Copy Share Image
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. — John Muir Copy Share Image
A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him, and leaving something of himself upon it. — Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington Copy Share Image
Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in… — Chris McCormack Copy Share Image
Mountaineering isn't as solo a sport as one may think. While the main goal is to reach the peak, one also keeps… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
“It's not dying that is the problem, he said. 'Climbing is like a lover, and your wife knows this. Whenever you are… — Andy Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Som skodden skapes, ændres og forsvinder - slik skummer også livsformerne for fjeldets fot. Det er ikke menneskealdre Stetinden har skuet ned… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its… — Hermann Buhl Copy Share Image
The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The bizarre trend in mountaineers is not the risk they take, but the large degree to which they value life. They are… — Lisa Morgan Copy Share Image
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called… — Tamae Watanabe Copy Share Image
For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
“Hans andakt er undringen ved det å være til, taknemmelighet over kroppens og sansernes og sindets virkelighet i en verden av fabler.… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is over. Alpinism is dead. Maybe its spirit is still alive a little in Britain and America, but it will soon… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing. — Annie Smith Peck Copy Share Image
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. — Greg Child Copy Share Image
“Annapurna, to which we had gone emptyhanded, was a treasure on which we should live the rest of our days. With this… — Maurice Herzog Copy Share Image
“The altimeter had been damaged along the way, but the few bottles that we brought along to wash down the ordinary expedition… — Erhard Loretan Copy Share Image
“Og har han i Kroppen den rigtige Aand, han løfter den staalblanke Ven i sin Haand og klapper ham under hans Hage.… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“Drømme tåler ikke å bli virkeliggjort, sier dikterne, for da dør de. Her gikk den lys levende og i all sin høireiste… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
“Vi samles på Fortroppens hjørne mot vest og ser over mot tinden. Fra blokken vi står på har Pan eller Jordånden eller… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
“Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the… — Edward Whymper Copy Share Image
Well, the best advice I can ever give to anyone, not only in terms of mountaineering but in general life, is not… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain -… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Mountaineering helps in developing confidence and when I scaled Mt. Everest, I saw many people connecting with me which inspired me to… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
There are three elements of mountaineering - difficulty, danger, and exposure. Difficulty is the technical aspect of it. Danger, it is best… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our… — Greg Child Copy Share Image
Abundant choice doesn't force us to look for the absolute best of everything. It allows us to find the extremes in those… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
