Mountain Quotes by Tommy Caldwell

I'm always climbing.

— Tommy Caldwell

Climbing a big wall over several days is like running a giant construction project: constantly making lists, rigging ropes, organising food, figuring out camera…

— Tommy Caldwell

I crave time in Yosemite like I crave food and water.

— Tommy Caldwell

One of the reasons the Dawn Wall climb went so viral is that you get great Internet access on El Cap. It's like the…

— Tommy Caldwell

I tend to walk through life sort of looking through a pair of binoculars, and I focus on certain things and push out the…

— Tommy Caldwell

My motivation is internal.

— Tommy Caldwell

I have different shoes for different types of climbing, six or seven different shoes that I alternate.

— Tommy Caldwell

I don't journal that much, honestly.

— Tommy Caldwell

“She encouraged him in her sweetest voice. “Stick with it, you can do it. You got it, push hard.”

— Tommy Caldwell

“All I can say is that I’m grateful that in many ways they just let me be. They didn’t want my rough start to…

— Tommy Caldwell

I read all the Krakauer books.

— Tommy Caldwell

I've been climbing my whole life, so I know a lot of the feelings, the smells; these memories are pretty distinct in my mind…

— Tommy Caldwell

Every climb is different. The Dawn Wall was so dry and aggressive that my fingers would dry out to the point where they would…

— Tommy Caldwell

“This obsession is a curious thing. Sometimes wonder about the merits of devoting so much of myself to a singular climbing objective. Much of…

— Tommy Caldwell

I love that idea of mastery.

— Tommy Caldwell