"Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of……" — Wojciech Kurtyka
"Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself."
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Wojciech Kurtyka
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20 Quotes by Wojciech Kurtyka
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In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second…
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Difficult struggle in mountaineering is our rise above himself, is the voice of freedom.
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Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and…
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When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains,…
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I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life.
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I don't like egocentricity, which is something that I have arduously battled in myself my entire life.
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Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind…
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The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling…
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Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can…
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Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.
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I like to describe Himalayan climbing as a kind of art of suffering. Just pushing, pushing yourself to your limits.
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I see one single suitable role for my life's work: for it to be a gift to others.
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