Action Quote by Jon Krakauer

Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures...

— Wolfgang Gullich

One of the things that separates climbing from other sports is how independent and personal it is. With most sports, you either win or…

— Chris Sharma

Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us…

— Royal Robbins

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something about building…

— Edmund Hillary

Climbing is often group activity and it's always inspiring to see how other people, who share your passions, do things.

— Fred Nicole

I have a variety of friends I climb with. But the common thing is I trust all of them. They're solid climbers, the sort…

— Erik Weihenmayer

If you don't have to worry about socializing because you don't like it, you can more fully immerse yourself in climbing.

— Tommy Caldwell

I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the…

— Jim Wickwire

Climbing is never going to be 100% safe, but the climbing I do with work is done under much stricter guidelines than the climbing…

— Steve Backshall

If you're concentrating on climbing , you can't be concentrating on money and cars and houses and wives and boyfriends. And when you come…

— Jeff Lowe

Climbing is individual thing, it's a reflection of yourself. When you put up a route you're looking at yourself. If you chisel holds, it's…

— Ron Kauk

Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important.

— Steve House