Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. — Greg Child Copy Share Image
A few hours of mountain climbing make a blackguard and a saint two rather similar creatures. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“If you ignore the mountain, doesn't mean mountain will ignore you too..” — Tanveer Mazhar Copy Share Image
I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories. — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer Copy Share Image
Only bullfighting, mountain climbing and auto racing are sports, the rest are merely games. — Barnaby Conrad Copy Share Image
For us the mountains had been a natural field of activity where, playing on the frontiers of life and death, we had… — Maurice Herzog Copy Share Image
Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
When you have worn out yourshoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber ofyour body. I measure your… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people… — Jim Wickwire Copy Share Image
“...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain… — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image
Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety… — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image
Wall climbing is an offshoot of the more traditional sport of mountain climbing. It is very difficult; one must combine a great… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind… — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times… — Lionel Terray Copy Share Image
The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of… — Stephen Covey 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… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
Spiritual guidance needs guidance. It's like comparing walking on the ground and mountain climbing. Once you learn how to walk, you can… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing. — Jonathan Waterman Copy Share Image
You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think! — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us. — Katharine Graham Copy Share Image
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to… — Samina Baig Copy Share Image
One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him, and leaving something of himself upon it. — Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington Copy Share Image
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we… — Lionel Terray Copy Share Image
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
“Mountain-climbing cars are built on a slant similar to the angle of a hat-brim of a man who doesn't want to be… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our… — Greg Child Copy Share Image
The mountain climbing, I just want to be able to have a real cardio-intense event, and the payoff is you get the… — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success.… — Wanda Rutkiewicz Copy Share Image
