Also Quote by Nick Denton

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

To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

— Alain Robert

Climbing is a great effort, but the extraordinary pleasure.

— Jerzy Kukuczka

That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with…

— Chris Sharma

I don't really think about why I climb, I just simply love it.

— Adam Ondra

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

I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up

— Elbert Hubbard

I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the…

— Erik Weihenmayer

Climbing is what I do.

— Anatoli Boukreev

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.

— Alex Lowe

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

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can…

— Annie Smith Peck