Ascent Quote by Leslie Stephen

Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men.

— Jose Marti

Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don't give an opinion. But there needs to be enough…

— Ueli Steck

Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the…

— Anatoli Boukreev

“We climb mountains because the valleys are full of cemeteries. The secret of survival is to climb, even in the dark, even when the…

— Richard Paul Evans

Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we…

— Andy Andrews

Not every mountain can be climbed by everyone has the ability to do so , some fail and fall before they reach the final…

— Frank Matobo

Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom.

— Wojciech Kurtyka

The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is…

— Walter Bonatti

The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you…

— Yvon Chouinard

“The highest mountains do not compete with the lowest valleys, for they know they were meant to stand out. Be like that, and accept…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“The paths to mountain peaks are ever rugged, but men reach the summits.”

— Percy James Brebner

We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves.

— Todd Skinner