Bits Quote by Ueli Steck

The effect of the great and sudden change of altitude made itself felt at once; when I wanted to turn round in my bag,…

— Roald Amundsen

But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.

— Jon Krakauer

I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one…

— Terry Pratchett

“You can never feel the real power of the mountains until you start climbing their summits!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my…

— Johnny Depp

“But faced with the choice of living one breath longer or crashing in right now, most folks would take the extra moment. That single…

— Amie Kaufman

I bounced off a rock at the bottom and saw stars for a second, but I wasn't knocked out. It's the rush of rushes,…

— Steve Trotter

One thing, the very first time I got out of the seat, after Resilience was safely in orbit and I looked out the window…

— Victor J. Glover

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow…

— Katherine Hannigan

“Halfway through practice I stand on my own with my helmet in my hand, trying to catch my breath after a series of scout…

— Nate Jackson

The exquisite moment you realize you can't look away, and your not breathing...

— Eric Nickel

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty…

— Edmund Hillary