More than five decades of hands grated by cracks. Whole body aching from long days of big-wall hauling. Tiny tents, bivy sacs, snow caves lashed by hurricane sleet. Frozen fingers and toes. Migraines and altitude malaise. Not knowing what's to… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
The architecture or look fo a line is really important to me, and often ice can add something to the look of the wall. A dry rock wall is often not very dramatic. You add ice and snow and the… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
The kind of climbing I like is fast and as free as possible of gadgetry. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
I used to think that my business mirrored my climbing - if I wasn't failing at something, I just wasn't trying anything hard enough. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
I think part of my business problems stemmed from a feeling that I had to be more than a good climber, that I had… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
Mom would pack our lunch and send us off with no supervision. There were enough of us so that if she lost a few,… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
I used to think aging was a scam, a total abdication of your self. Well, aging's not a scam, but quitting is. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
I've been mistagged. I like ice climbing, but I do a lot more rock climbing. Ice is just more mysterious and changeable than rock. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
I always thought if I died in the mountains, it would put an asterisk on my climbs. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
If you're concentrating on climbing , you can't be concentrating on money and cars and houses and wives and boyfriends. And when you come… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
You can base your life in fear or you can base your life in love. Fear leads to negative results even in times that… — Jeff Lowe 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 deal of… — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
