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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/for-me-the-value-of-a-climb-is-the-sum-of-three-inseparable-elements/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/the-mountains-have-rules-they-are-harsh-rules-but-they-are-there-and/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

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## Other authors on Harsh

## More by Walter Bonatti

> [For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/for-me-the-value-of-a-climb-is-the-sum-of-three-inseparable-elements/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/the-solitary-ascent-of-the-dru-had-the-immediate-effect-of-expanding/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/i-ve-always-been-incapable-of-accepting-fate-and-i-ve-always-refused/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/climbing-is-not-a-battle-with-the-elements-nor-against-the-law-of/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/i-don-t-deny-that-there-can-be-an-element-of-escapism-in/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/if-in-normal-conditions-it-is-skill-which-counts-in-such-extreme/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/the-mountains-have-rules-they-are-harsh-rules-but-they-are-there-and/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

> [ We \[climbers\] demonstrate in the most stunning way of all - at the risk of our lives - that there is no limit to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bonatti/we-climbers-demonstrate-in-the-most-stunning-way-of-all-at-the-risk/)

[Walter Bonatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bonatti/)

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