Art Quote by Ed Viesturs

Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what your climbing for.

— Junie

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what you are climbing for.

— Anonymous

This is one of my definitions of mountaineering: to go where others do not.

— Reinhold Messner

Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own particular…

— Hermann Buhl

Sometimes you climb the mountain, and you fall and fail. Maybe there is a different path that will take you up. Sometimes a different…

— Caterina Fake

You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there,…

— Oprah Winfrey

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

— Alex Zanardi

Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater…

— Doug Scott

When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try…

— Edmund Hillary

“My child, when a mountain appears on the journey, we try to go to the left, then to the right. We try to find…

— Jacqueline Winspear