Mountain Quotes by Adam Ondra

Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.

— Adam Ondra

I shriek when I am climbing at my absolute limit, but never shriek in the warm-up or when trying the moves. No matter how…

— Adam Ondra

I didn't want to hike to the top of El Capitan and rappel down the route, and start fixing lines. For me it was…

— Adam Ondra

I don't really think about why I climb, I just simply love it.

— Adam Ondra

I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't…

— Adam Ondra

I think it's possible to climb the Dawn Wall in a single day. No matter what, it would be really, really hard.

— Adam Ondra

When I was young, I loved the feeling of escaping to the rocks on a Friday afternoon with my parents.

— Adam Ondra

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

— Adam Ondra

It's really difficult to climb effortlessly.

— Adam Ondra

The harder routes you climb, the more interesting the climbing gets and the more crazy moves you are forced to figure out.

— Adam Ondra

I think in general the American scene is much more focused on bouldering, where in Europe they're more focused on sport climbing.

— Adam Ondra

I think climbing deserves to be an Olympic sport, as it is one of the few natural movements - like swimming or running, things…

— Adam Ondra

My diet is mostly composed of whole-grain cereals, legumes, beans, lentils. Lots of cooked, baked, or steamed vegetables. Lots of spices like curcumin or…

— Adam Ondra

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.

— Adam Ondra

For the Olympics, I'm mostly training in the gym, so I'm running laps on the standard speed wall.

— Adam Ondra