Climbers Quote by Pat Ament

There are two kinds of climbers... smart ones and dead ones.

— Don Whillans

I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber.

— Alex Lowe

The art of climbing is the art of survival. The best climber is the man or woman going in the most crazy places but…

— Reinhold Messner

The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun.

— Alex Lowe

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

Because grades in climbing are subjective, I am fan of making big gaps between climbing grades.

— Adam Ondra

Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder climbs now…

— Yvon Chouinard

Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing.

— Jonathan Waterman

Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules and take a chance, to experience something new, to gain insight…

— Reinhold Messner

I hate climbers like Royal Robbins who are so superior. He doesn’t mean to be, he just is. He’s methodic, scientific, capable, and so…

— Warren G. Harding

I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't…

— Adam Ondra

Climbing is an understated culture.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi