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
Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop. — Chris Darwin Copy Share Image
The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes… — Norman Vincent Peale 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
One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon. — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on… — Chris Darwin Copy Share Image
Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success.… — Wanda Rutkiewicz Copy Share Image
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. — Greg Child Copy Share Image
As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people… — Jim Wickwire Copy Share Image
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. — Charlie Fowler Copy Share Image
In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial… — John Muir Copy Share Image
On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we… — Lionel Terray Copy Share Image
If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times… — Lionel Terray Copy Share Image
