Climbing Quotes · Page 20

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on…

— Jimmy Jewel

I prefer to stay in shape through doing activities I enjoy, such as climbing, hiking and exploring.

— Clive Standen

To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

— Alain Robert

I see one single suitable role for my life's work: for it to be a gift to others.

— Wojciech Kurtyka

“There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.”

— Richard Nelson

I don't think of myself as a grading barometer and I doubt if any climber could be one.

— Fred Nicole

They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.

— Paul Theroux

Keep climbing,' he told himself. 'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied. 'Shut up,' he thought. 'With fries,' his stomach complained.

— Rick Riordan

As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane'... I bought books…

— Nancy Bird Walton

Climbing is this long term, lifelong journey. It's really important to just take your time with it and keep it fun. I've…

— Chris Sharma

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and…

— Winston Churchill

About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300…

— Deke Slayton

And thus ever by day and night, under the sun and under the stars, climbing the dusty hills and toiling along the…

— Charles Dickens

Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to…

— John H Aughey

If you want someone to be ignored then build a life-size bronze statue of them and stick it in the middle of…

— Banksy

Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times.…

— Mary Roach

“The truth is that I've never cared anything about sports. In PE, I do my best to get hit with the dodgeball…

— Natalie Lloyd

Imagine a poem written with such enormous three-dimensional words that we had to invent a smaller word to reference each of the…

— N.D. Wilson

What draws me to the type of snowboarding that I'm doing now is, I go through every emotion in life when I'm…

— Jeremy Jones

I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie…

— Dave Cook

Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand…

— Anonymous

To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own,…

— Al Alvarez

“Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and…

— Lloyd C. Douglas

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

For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy…

— Jeremy Piven

“In climbing, there was always a fraction of a second between the security of being locked in and the freedom of an…

— Paul Aertker

I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain.

— Junko Tabei

Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block.

— Nils Kjaer

Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.

— Doug Scott

There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and…

— Eric Jay Beck

At the edge of the cliffs, the wind is a smack, and D-day becomes wildly clear: climbing that cutting edge into the…

— John Vinocur

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery…

— Honore de Balzac

What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.

— Pat Ament

Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason.

— Samina Baig

There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.

— Richard R. Nelson

In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that…

— Jimmy Webb

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

— Jon Krakauer

I started climbing thanks to my parents, who have been going with me on the rocks since I was a baby.

— Adam Ondra

Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing.

— Michael Kennedy

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

— Edmund Hillary