High places Quote by Rebecca Solnit

This is one of my definitions of mountaineering: to go where others do not.

— Reinhold Messner

“It is much more rewarding to get to the top of the mountain and share your experience with others than to show up by…

— Shandel Slaten

“Mountaineering is always spoken of as though summiting is conquest, but as you get higher, the world gets bigger, and you feel smaller in…

— Rebecca Solnit

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

“Maybe mountaineering shouldn't be considered heroic at all, since the whole effort is 'useless' and in no way to be compared with sitting down…

— Robert Roper

The choices we make lead up to actual experiences. It is one thing to decide to climb a mountain. It is quite another to…

— Herbert A. Simon

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

— Andy Serkis

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not…

— Walter Bonatti

“Most people hold their fantasies out of reach, as if their desires are a mountain they could never summit. They settle for living at…

— Katie Kacvinsky

I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories.

— Fred Armisen

Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own particular…

— Hermann Buhl