Climbers Quote by Wanda Rutkiewicz

I have always felt that no climb is worth losing the tip of a little toe.

— Jeff Lowe

In climbing, if you injure just one finger you can't do it. But with slacklining as long as you can walk, you can walk…

— Dean Potter

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

— Walter Savage Landor

“Despite the dangers and discomforts, climbing is for many an all-consuming passion. They interrupt, end, or never start their careers, focusing exclusively on completing…

— Bob Madgic

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

— Chris Sharma

When I lost seven of my toes on Nanga Parbat and small parts of my fingertips I knew I'd never be a great rock…

— Reinhold Messner

Many of my hardest climbs were done with one or both feet barefoot.

— Dean Potter

Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

— Robert Greene

Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss…

— Doug Scott

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

— Don Whillans

Hunters get lost all the time. There's just an outcry against climbers because a lot of people don't understand climbers and they think they're…

— Jeff Lowe

It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not climb, you…

— Neil Gaiman