- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there. — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken. — Hudson Stuck Copy Share Image
Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020. — Adam Ondra Copy Share Image
The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening. — Kim Stanley Copy Share Image
“Leaders don't climb hills of success with shoes of pride. They are slippery enough to bring a person down to the valley.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins. — Saku Koivu Copy Share Image
New frameworks are like climbing a mountain - the larger view encompasses rather than rejects the more restricted view. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There have been some wonderful climbing films, but for the most part, they are reenactments. — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
Start climbing the stairs without thinking how steep are the stairs or how many stairs are there! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In climbing you are always faced with new problems in which you must perform using intuitive movements, and then later analyze them… — Wolfgang Gullich Copy Share Image
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I think retirement is a little bit like death. I want to always be incredibly engaged and challenged, but in climbing, you… — Tommy Caldwell Copy Share Image
I do not have a fear of heights at all. I was the kid who would see how high I could get… — Kyle Gallner Copy Share Image
Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go… — Wilfrid Noyce Copy Share Image
It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The message to organizations is this: You have to increase the number of categories of contributing, or the types of career paths,… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great… — Omar Samra Copy Share Image
Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I feel moderately bad about this whole thing. On the one hand, I am providing myself with urgently required survival skills. Other… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or nicest to be around; neither are some of them coming from the purest motivation.… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Juliana?” the words were low and far—too calm for her husband, who had found that he rather enjoyed the full spectrum of… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
