Bouldering is like masturbation: not as good as the real thing but you don't need to worry about your protection.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension.
Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.
The best part is getting to the top 'cause the pain's all over.
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.
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.
Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you?
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.
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