Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.
Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't lost as many fingers or toes.
I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.
Bolts are the murder of the impossible.
My mother used to rock me - and she used big rocks.
They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.
We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for deeper meanings.
If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?
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.
Screwing is more enjoyable than drilling bolt holes !.
My friend Kurt Maix once described this diffidence as Fear's friendly sister, the right and necessary counterweight to that courage that urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Receiving oral sex from an ugly person is like rock climbing; you should never look down.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
I make time to exercise at least four times a week. I mix up running, yoga, barre classes, and rock-climbing to get a full workout. I also follow my mum and dad's nutritional advice and eat a variety of colors on my plate. Plenty of fruit and vegetables.
I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.
Actually, I was rock climbing on this film at 7 in the morning. It was quite unique! But in any event, the colour of the leaves disturbed me so we had to work on that. On the other hand, I didn't want to drench it in a kind of depressing tone.
It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started rock climbing as a kid, when I was 16, and then I started teaching and a buddy of mine started taking me out.
It's the maritime equivalent of rock climbing.
Along with rock climbing, I hike and I like to go to the beach, anything outdoors and anything that takes me out of the everyday.
If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding, skiing, rock-climbing and so on. Where should it stop? Rugby? American Football? Ice Hockey? Insofar as the government has information not generally available about the merits or demerits of the items we ingest or the activities we engage in, let it give us the information. But let it leave us free to choose what chances we want to take with our own lives.
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