John Wayne never wore Lycra.

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

— John Muir

As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was the conqueror…

— Anonymous

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

— Greg Child

Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers…

— Wanda Rutkiewicz

Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain...…

— Chris Darwin

Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those…

— Gaston Rebuffat

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow…

— William Arthur Ward

Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.

— Reinhold Messner

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

— Casey Stengel

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

— Chris Darwin

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.

— John Muir

The bizarre trend in mountaineers is not the risk they take, but the large degree to which they value life. They are not crazy…

— Lisa Morgan

I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the…

— Jim Wickwire