Quote by Jon Krakauer Download Open image ““Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.”” — Jon Krakauer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Everest is a harsh and hostile immensity. Whoever challenges it declares war. He must mount his assault with the skill and ruthlessness of a… — Barry Bishop Copy Share Image
“the only thing you'll find at the summit of mount everest is a divine view, the things that really matter lie far below it” — Peak Copy Share Image
“Everest itself was the only mountain which we could see without turning our gaze downwards…” — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
“Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“Food for thought: Every dead body on Mount Everest was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy my friends. It may save your life… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“In a civilization of wage slaves, where people seek to survive more than to live, mountaineering is an enigma.” — Erhard Loretan; Jean Amman Copy Share Image
“It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.” — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the bird of hopelessness build a nest on your head. Have you forgotten that the peak of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
“This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!” — John Muir Copy Share Image
“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.” — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“This isn't about keeping mountains looking pretty. Ending mountaintop removal is about keeping humanity alive.” — Rivera Sun Copy Share Image
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Climbing mattered. The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“he was ready, perhaps, to shed a little of the armor he wore around his heart, that upon returning to civilization, he intended to… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Continually question climbing pursuits. Do they draw one back to the climbing community? Or do they lead along the [inner-directed] path? This questioning generates… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it.” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I mean, how can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you’re not a feminist, then you’re… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
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