Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.
You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!
If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.
I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails
Er, I say, are you going to be able to get me out?
You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think!
Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you?
Screwing is more enjoyable than drilling bolt holes !.
As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was the conqueror and who was the conquered. I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was.
I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world. That's another reason why I climb.
The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.
The best part is getting to the top 'cause the pain's all over.
Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.
Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed ! And the same applies to those who enjoy only rock climbing, or only the ice climbs, onyl the ridges or faces. We should refuse none of the thousands and one joys that the mountains offer us at every turn. We should brush nothing aside, set no restrictions. We should experience hunger and thirst, be able to go fast, but also to go slowly and to contemplate.
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