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Wojciech Kurtyka has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom.
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Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the…
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Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and…
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When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for…
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I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life.
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I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life.
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Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that…
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The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I…
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Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered,…
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Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.
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I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits.
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A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's.
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