Climbing Quote by Alan Hinkes

“This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!”

— John Muir

“Food for thought: Every dead body on Mount Everest was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy my friends. It may save your life…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of.

— Kenneth Kamler

“The dead outnumber the living fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril”

— Niall Ferguson

“If you take a hard look at the people in your life, you may be blown away by how many explorers and survivalists surround…

— José N. Harris

The best climbers no longer go to the 8000ers, but to the most difficult mountains in the world which are 6000 or 7000-meter-peaks. There…

— Reinhold Messner

Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss…

— Doug Scott

“This need not be taken as an argument for abandoning all future planning whatsoever, but it serves as a warning not to strive too…

— Oliver Burkeman

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

— Roger Bannister

Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the…

— Anatoli Boukreev

“If you wanted the respect of the world, you climbed Everest. If you wanted the respect of other mountaineers, you climbed K2.”

— Marc Cameron

“Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity”

— Muriel Barbery