Careful Quote by Reinhold Messner

“The new alpinism comes full circle as small teams of fit, trained athletes emulate Mummery, aspire to Preuss, climb like the young Messner. Because…

— Steve House

Every time I've been on Everest, people have died, though not in any expedition I was part of.

— Kenneth Kamler

The best climbers have the will to hold on. They won't give up and keep trying over and over.

— Chris Sharma

Mountaineering is over. Alpinism is dead. Maybe its spirit is still alive a little in Britain and America, but it will soon die out.

— Reinhold Messner

The climbing and soloing aren't worth dying for, but they are worth risking dying for.

— Todd Skinner

Being willing to risk it all for any given climb will inevitably end at some point in disaster.

— Jeff Lowe

Historically, many of the great names in alpine climbing seemed to have just gone climbing as training. In fact, the model alpinist has often…

— Steve House

I'm always climbing.

— Tommy Caldwell

I feel like I'm climbing as well, if not better, than ever.

— Aron Ralston

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

— Octavia Butler

I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the…

— Jim Wickwire

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something about building…

— Edmund Hillary