Climbing Quote by Gaston Rebuffat

Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.

— Gaston Rebuffat

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

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

— John Muir

Experience comes from bad judgment.

— Mark Twain

Climbing is one of the few sports in which the arena (the cliffs, the mountains and their specific routes) acquire a notoriety that outpopulates,…

— Jonathan Waterman

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave…

— Leslie Stephen

If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing else…

— Lionel Terray

On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased…

— Lionel Terray

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

— Edward Abbey

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

— Greg Child

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

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

The bizarre trend in mountaineers is not the risk they take, but the large degree to which they value life. They are not crazy…

— Lisa Morgan

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