Able Quote by Eric Shipton

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

— John Muir

Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain...…

— Chris Darwin

The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he…

— Yvon Chouinard

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac...

— Yvon Chouinard

Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those…

— Gaston Rebuffat

One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.

— Don Whillans

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow…

— William Arthur Ward

Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.

— Reinhold Messner

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

— Casey Stengel

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

— Chris Darwin

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.

— John Muir