Air Quote by Daphne du Maurier

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

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

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 the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which is minor…

— Duncan Ferguson

There are strong people who aren't able to climb. It's about reading the rock, knowing how to position your body and having the tenacity…

— Chris Sharma

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

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

I don't really think about why I climb, I just simply love it.

— Adam Ondra

Just when the mountain looks too high, the obstacles too great between you and your goals you suddenly see The beautiful blue sky, the…

— Anonymous

The climbing of earths heights, in itself, means little. That men and women want and try to climb them means everything. For it is…

— James Ramsey Ullman

Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of…

— Rudolf Arnheim

“it is the nature of intelligent life to climb mountains. They all want to stand on ever higher ground to gaze ever farther into…

— Liu Cixin