Able Quote by Chris Sharma

Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules and take a chance, to experience something new, to gain insight…

— Reinhold Messner

Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop…

— Hermann Buhl

“The mystique of rock climbing is climbing; you get to the top of a rock glad it’s over but really wish it would go…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

For me, climbing is a form of exploration that inspires me to confront my own inner nature within nature. It’s a means of experiencing…

— Lynn Hill

Climbing is an artistic, creative thing; it's about being spontaneous, traveling, seeing the world, hanging out. It's a balance of setting goals while enjoying…

— Chris Sharma

That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with…

— Chris Sharma

The art of climbing is to go where you go knowing that you could die, but you don't die. That is adventure.

— Reinhold Messner

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.

— Walter Bonatti

Climbing is individual thing, it's a reflection of yourself. When you put up a route you're looking at yourself. If you chisel holds, it's…

— Ron Kauk

There's a constant tension in climbing, and really all exploration, between pushing yourself into the unknown but trying not to push too far. The…

— Alex Honnold

In climbing you are always faced with new problems in which you must perform using intuitive movements, and then later analyze them to figure…

— Wolfgang Gullich

In climbing, a fundamental thing is to want to do something you've never done before. That's the beauty of climbing, whether you're a girl…

— Chris Sharma