Doug Scott Quotes
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If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?
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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 all…
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Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction…
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Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.
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Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.
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In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb.…
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At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.
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Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing…
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