Capable Quote by Yvon Chouinard

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

The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.

— Friedrich Schiller

By climbing mountains we were not learning how big we were. We were finding out how breakable, how weak and how full of fear…

— Reinhold Messner

I was very scared of heights and water.

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Was there no safety? No learning by heart of the ways of the world? No guide, no shelter, but all was miracle, and leaping…

— Virginia Woolf

I can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak.

— Robin Day

I was accustomed to being in far, far riskier environments. So I thought going into that canyon was a walk in the park -…

— Aron Ralston

Sometimes, you have to fall from the mountain to realize what you are climbing for. Obstacles were put in our way to see if…

— Mhargs Abuda

I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start looking for something I'd done wrong. There was no…

— Roy Jones Jr

I knew that there would be climbers around me who would reach the summit faster. I was warned not to be hasty.

— Arunima Sinha

I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known as 'Black Hawk Down'…

— Geraldine Brooks