Climbers Quote by William Arthur Ward

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a…

— William Arthur Ward

Mountaineering is more about mental strength to conquer rather than physical.

— Arunima Sinha

“The view from the mountaintop is not what makes you a mountain-climber; it is the climb itself.”

— Greg Kuhn

The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.

— Friedrich Schiller

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

The mission of professional mountain climbers is almost impossibly difficult by design: Their very livelihood is based on achieving the unprecedented. Their expeditions are…

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

In no other pursuit is the best or the worst in a man brought out as in mountaineering. An old friend of civilization may…

— Frank Smythe

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

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 cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his…

— Rex Stout

You can't climb a mountain by just looking at it.

— Isiahnunn

Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don't give an opinion. But there needs to be enough…

— Ueli Steck