Lincoln Hall Quotes

• As climbers, we need to sacrifice our comfort, our safety, and arguably our sanity, as a tithe to the mountain...We need the mountains but the mountains do not need us.

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  Adventure, Sacrifice, Safety

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• Keep your eyes wide open in the darkest of times. Only then you can rely on shooting stars.

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  Wisdom, Stars, Eye

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• These days I love to take in the sunset because every time I do so I remember how lucky I am to be alive. That's a great relationship to have with the setting sun.

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  Wisdom, Adventure, Sunset

  Lincoln Hall (2008). “Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest”, p.240, Penguin

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• The mountain is a mirror, where climbers look to find themselves. They discover their frailty, take heart from their strengths, drink deep of the insights.

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  Wisdom, Heart, Adventure

  Lincoln Hall (2008). “Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest”, p.239, Penguin

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• I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of the experience, at a sustained level. The experience is incredibly intense because it is so dangerous.

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  Sports, Climbing, Judgement

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• Climbing had captured my soul.

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  Adventure, Climbing, Soul

  Lincoln Hall (2008). “Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest”, p.19, Penguin

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