Barometer Quote by Fred Nicole

Because grades in climbing are subjective, I am fan of making big gaps between climbing grades.

— Adam Ondra

I know I'm not a cutting-edge free climber. Free soloing, I'm comfortable to 5.10-plus or 5.11a. But if I was a grade higher I…

— Dean Potter

There are two kinds of climbers... smart ones and dead ones.

— Don Whillans

What I saw so clearly when I started climbing was adventure. Difficulty was only an ingredient. I never thought to wonder about grades, just…

— Peter Croft

In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard…

— Jimmy Webb

I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed.

— Dean Potter

I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber.

— Alex Lowe

Climbing is great, and I don't think I'll ever tire of it, because there are so many different disciplines.

— Adam Ondra

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

— Alain Robert

The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun.

— Alex Lowe

The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.

— Pat Ament

To know the hight [sic] of a mountain, one must climb it.

— Augustus William Hare