--- title: "4 Allen Steck Quotes - Famous Mountaineer (Wilderness skiing)" description: "Allen Parker Steck was an American mountaineer and rock climber. Browse 4 Allen Steck quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-allen-steck-72534.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Allen Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-allen-steck-72534.jpg) # Allen Steck (1926–2023) Mountaineer **4** quotes in **46** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Allen Steck was a mountaineer, best known for *Wilderness skiing*. ## Quick Facts About Allen Steck Born May 7, 1926 Died February 23, 2023 Profession Mountaineer Notable works Wilderness skiing ## About Allen Steck Allen Parker Steck was an American mountaineer and rock climber. ## Quotes by Allen Steck > [Many have questioned the quality of this sort of achievement, deploring the use of pitons, tension traverses and expansion bolts, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-steck/many-have-questioned-the-quality-of-this-sort-of-achievement/) [Allen Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-steck/) [Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/allen-steck-72534_achievement_many-have-questioned-the-quality-of-this_415091.jpg) > [I often think of those marvelous weeks spent in the Waddington Range in 1950. 2 new routes on the northern side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-steck/i-often-think-of-those-marvelous-weeks-spent-in-the-waddington-range/) [Allen Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-steck/) [Ascent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ascent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/allen-steck-72534_ascent_i-often-think-of-those-marvelous-weeks-s_2476927.jpg) > [My next climb is going to be a tourist troll in a wheelchair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-steck/my-next-climb-is-going-to-be-a-tourist-troll-in-a-wheelchair/) [Allen Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-steck/) [Climbing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climbing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/allen-steck-72534_climbing_my-next-climb-is-going-to-be-a-tourist-t_2642060.jpg) > [We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-steck/we-do-not-deceive-ourselves-that-we-are-engaging-in-an-activity-that/) [Allen Steck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-steck/) [Dangerous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/allen-steck-72534_dangerous_we-do-not-deceive-ourselves-that-we-are_2889153.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-steck/#itemlist", "name": "Allen Steck Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many have questioned the quality of this sort of achievement, deploring the use of pitons, tension traverses and expansion bolts, but the record speaks for itself. 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