Mountain Quotes by Yvon Chouinard

13 Mountain quotes by Yvon Chouinard

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For those who love both rugged peaks and responsible adventure, Yvon’s brief collection blends his love of climbing with a deep respect for the wild. It’s a concise, inspiring snapshot of his philosophy.

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How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

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You climb to the summit and there is nothing there.

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The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the…

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The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen…

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Personally, I would rather climb in the high mountains. I have always abhorred the tremendous heat, the dirt-filled cracks, the ant-covered foul-smelling…

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Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder…

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The rules of the game must be constantly updated to keep up with the expanding technology. Otherwise we overkill the classic climbs…

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Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there…

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Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how…

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The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise…

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You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses,…

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I took a dozen of our top managers to Argentina, to the windswept mountains of the real Patagonia, for a walkabout. In…

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Just why is Yosemite climbing so different ? Why does it have techniques, ethics and equipment all of its own ? The…

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