The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
“In a civilization of wage slaves, where people seek to survive more than to live, mountaineering is an enigma.” — Erhard Loretan; Jean Amman Copy Share Image
Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind. — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
The way of life difficult are like mountaineering,, you can wipe the astonishing only a mistake . — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
The path of life is difficult similer mountaineering,, only a mistake can wipe your existence . — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Aftenen endte med idyll. Håkon kaldte mig genial, og jeg svarte at han var en stor menneskekjender.” — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“I was heavily involved on all fronts: with mountaineering outfitters, who oddly enough never fathomed the depths of my ignorance; possibly because… — Eric Newby Copy Share Image
If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go… — Wilfrid Noyce 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
“Her er rummelig og bredt, her slår vi oss ned i en grushaug og spiser mat og drikker saft og ligger på… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“...just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human.… — Anonymous 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
Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it… — Samina Baig Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
“Maybe mountaineering shouldn't be considered heroic at all, since the whole effort is 'useless' and in no way to be compared with… — Robert Roper Copy Share Image
The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security in… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“One of the differences between us was that Marc wanted very badly to climb the Eiger, while I wanted very badly only… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no… — George Mallory Copy Share Image
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40… — Anatoli Boukreev 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
“I like the mountains because they make me feel small,' Jeff says. 'They help me sort out what's important in life.” — Mark Obmascik Copy Share Image
Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible. — George Leigh Mallory 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
“Keeping in mind the old mountain adage that the longer you take to set up your bivy site, the shorter the bivy… — Erhard Loretan Copy Share Image
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower… — Junko Tabei 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
I don't know a lot about mountaineering. I once went walking in the Lake District with the legendary climber Chris Bonington and… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
Abundant choice doesn't force us to look for the absolute best of everything. It allows us to find the extremes in those… — Virginia Postrel 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
K2 is not some malevolent being, lurking there above the Baltoro, waiting to get us. It's just there. It's indifferent. It's an… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
“Profound silence would brood over the valley, even weighing down our spirits with indefinable heaviness. There can be no other place in… — David Oliver Relin Copy Share Image
We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing, in poetry, drawing… — Olaus Murie 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
I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain -… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Mountaineering helps in developing confidence and when I scaled Mt. Everest, I saw many people connecting with me which inspired me to… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
Well, the best advice I can ever give to anyone, not only in terms of mountaineering but in general life, is not… — Nirmal Purja Copy Share Image
