In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain. — Arlene Blum Copy Share Image
“The one frightened of climbing mountains, forever lives in the ditches.” — Muhammad Adb Al-Rahman Al-Arifi Copy Share Image
Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you? — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. — Charlie Fowler Copy Share Image
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Climbing the mountain is always more fun than sitting at the top. It's just you have to find different mountains to climb. — Dan Bilzerian Copy Share Image
“Climbing mountains is an act I happen to love, but it is only one form of adventure. There are thousands. In fact,… — Mark Jenkins Copy Share Image
While climbing back up the mountain, my hand will always be there for you to grab, to support you, and to help… — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
“I went into geology because I like being outdoors, and because everybody in geology seemed, well, they all seemed like free spirits… — Kathy B. Steele Copy Share Image
I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of ways to challenge ourselves. Some people do it by climbing a mountain or scuba diving. The most… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
“There is wisdom climbing mountains," Maderos said softly. "For they teach us how truly small we are. This is just a pebble… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't… — Anonymous 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
“Adventure is a loose word that means different things to different people. It is a state of mind, a spirit of trying… — Alastair Humphreys Copy Share Image
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing,… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that… — Jimmy Chin Copy Share Image
Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction… — Alfred Wainwright Copy Share Image
“When people are asked to choose from a list the best description of how they feel when doing whatever they enjoy doing… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which… — Duncan Ferguson Copy Share Image
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In a sense everything that is exists to climb. All evolution is a climbing towards a higher form. Climbing for life as… — Rob Parker Copy Share Image
“If one takes meaning into consideration, happiness might best be described as “a zest for life in all its complexity,” as Sissela… — Jennifer Senior 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 was the kind of fear that made people jump off cliffs and climb mountains—the kind of fear that told you something… — Cora Carmack Faking It Copy Share Image
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image