The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent… — Jim Perrin Copy Share Image
Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing. — Alex Lowe Copy Share Image
We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter… — Tamae Watanabe 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
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I'd been a child during the 1960s when women burned their bras and hundreds of thousands gathered in protests against the Vietnam… — Lynn Hill 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
I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you… — Erik Weihenmayer Copy Share Image
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40… — Anatoli Boukreev Copy Share Image
on the instant clamorous eaves, A climbing moon upon an empty sky, And all that lamentation of the leaves, Could but compose… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
You get kinder when you get into my age range. You think back to how really unkind you were, and how cynical… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
