In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach. — John Muir Copy Share Image
Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you? — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was, — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
In mountaineering, there is not only the activity, but the philosophy behind it. Some say a moral, but I am against that… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Similar to the way of life mountaineering are inaccessible, can delete non-existent you just made a mistake — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“As one veteran Russian pilot dryly told me:"We have to be very careful flying in the clouds. Around here they are full… — Alan Hinkes Copy Share Image
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. — Charlie Fowler Copy Share Image
The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
“It's not dying that is the problem, he said. 'Climbing is like a lover, and your wife knows this. Whenever you are… — Andy Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Som skodden skapes, ændres og forsvinder - slik skummer også livsformerne for fjeldets fot. Det er ikke menneskealdre Stetinden har skuet ned… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in… — Chris McCormack Copy Share Image
Mountaineering isn't as solo a sport as one may think. While the main goal is to reach the peak, one also keeps… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its… — Hermann Buhl Copy Share Image
“Annapurna, to which we had gone emptyhanded, was a treasure on which we should live the rest of our days. With this… — Maurice Herzog Copy Share Image
The bizarre trend in mountaineers is not the risk they take, but the large degree to which they value life. They are… — Lisa Morgan Copy Share Image
“Dokker træng en hest," sa de. "Ja vil dokker bryte dokker så grynsmå," sa han, "så har æ no mærra her. Ka… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“I came to win, came as I always do, in order to justify who I am and what I have become; now… — Andy Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“I felt as though I were plunging into something new and quite abnormal. I had the strangest and most vivid impressions, such… — Herzog Maurice Copy Share Image
“I trained. I punished myself. I thought making myself suffer on a day-to-day basis would prepare me for climbing hard at high… — Mark Twight Copy Share Image
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing,… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“Jo riktig, jeg forlot min venn i to fingre på luselisten. Men han hang ikke sånn i sin simple almindelighet, nei det… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“I just love all this,' Walt says. 'The sights, the smells, making the effort and pushing yourself and getting something that's really… — Mark Obmascik Copy Share Image
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
