For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism. Some people see no more in climbing mountains… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside… — Walter Bonatti 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 they form… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive. — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself. — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves. — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
We [climbers] demonstrate in the most stunning way of all - at the risk of our lives - that there is no limit to… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share
