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
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
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
“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
“The fact that I am still alive, when so many friends and others climbing the 8000ers have died is humbling. ... It… — Alan Hinkes Copy Share Image
“climbing a mountain represents a chance to be briefly free oneself of the small concerns of our common lives, to strip off… — Mateo Cabello Copy Share Image
“Mountaineering is always spoken of as though summiting is conquest, but as you get higher, the world gets bigger, and you feel… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
