Wojciech Kurtyka

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• In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed in the deceitfulness… Believe
• Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom. Climbing
• Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow… Arise
• Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction is… Blood
• When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for victory or glory,… Admiration
• I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life. Breath
• I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life. Arduously
• Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being… Centered
• The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I am the center… Center
• Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered, mythomaniac or crook… Automatically
• Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions. Climbing
• I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits. Art
• I see one single suitable role for my life's work: for it to be a gift to others. Climbing
• For me, the ascent to the peak of the normal ways that torment and anguish. Inspired by the idea of ​​transition was always something that… Absolutely
• If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept… Accept
• Beauty is the door to another world... Another World
• Whenever a climber leaves the known paths, he enters an area without rules or routines... The only advice comes from deep inside the self. Advice
• Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet which I come across them… Access
• Isn't a person who can live on nothing much stronger? I try to nurture that transformation in myself. Climbing
• Enslavement to your own weakness - be it an addiction to alcohol, or to a woman or to fame - it's degrading, and it means… Addiction

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