I think I got him hooked on climbing when I gave a slide show at Darmouth. So there's probably another mother out… — Jim Bridwell Copy Share Image
I was 5 when I went up my first 10,000 ft mountain, with my parents, and I have been climbing ever since. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing. — Michael Kennedy Copy Share Image
I started climbing thanks to my parents, who have been going with me on the rocks since I was a baby. — Adam Ondra Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. — Samina Baig Copy Share Image
What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is. — Pat Ament 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
Eating wheat, like ice climbing, mountain boarding, and bungee jumping, is an extreme sport. It is the only common food that carries… — William Davis Copy Share Image
Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. You might not be running, leaping, climbing and doing all that. But, the… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered,… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Tiredness is the shortest path to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
Climbing is an amazing, unique sport, and I want to share that with as many people as possible. I want to be… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Britain has some of the finest climbing on the planet, with a sense of wilderness that rivals anywhere else on earth. You… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
“I trained. I punished myself. I thought making myself suffer on a day-to-day basis would prepare me for climbing hard at high… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It's like living in a retirement home! Clarence is taking a nap right now, and he eats at five. It's so boring."… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination… — Annie Leibovitz 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
Another striding instance is recorded by the very intelligent traveler regarding a representation of the fall of our first parents, sculptured in… — Godfrey Higgins Copy Share Image
I think one of the things we learned from the physicists and also the theoretical biologists is the idea that when you're… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
I soon learned that Everest wasn't a private affair. It belonged to many men. — Tom Hornbein Copy Share Image
“But what you're trying to do is much more difficult than climbing K2” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
