Bolts Quote by Reinhold Messner

As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was the conqueror…

— Anonymous

Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.

— Reinhold Messner

“This unprecedented mass murder would have been impossible without a special kind of politics. —”

— Timothy Snyder

It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started…

— Erik Weihenmayer

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow…

— William Arthur Ward

I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching…

— William Shockley

If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?

— Doug Scott

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

— Casey Stengel

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.

— Chris Darwin

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.

— George Leigh Mallory

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.

— John Muir