Walter Bonatti Quotes

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• The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of possibilities…
• For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the…
• The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not…
• Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.
• I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape…
• If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves.
• I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive.

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