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  • Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

  • Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.

  • Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.

    Modern Painters vol. 4, pt. 5, ch. 20 (1856)
  • Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

  • 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 love the idea that people are listening to "Tales" during all types of activities. Knitting in their favorite chair, rock climbing, sky diving, driving at night.

    Night   Knitting   Rocks  
    Source: www.indiewire.com
  • I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.

    Real   Climbing   Hiking  
    "Hammer of the Gods: Selected Writings".
  • Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

    T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber
  • Maybe Himalayan climbing is just a bad habit, like smoking, of which one says with cavalier abandon, must give this up some day, before it kills me.

    Greg Child (2012). “Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child”, p.81, The Mountaineers Books
  • 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.

    Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
  • Receiving oral sex from an ugly person is like rock climbing; you should never look down.

    Sex   Rocks   Climbing  
    Stewart Francis (2013). “Pun Direction”, p.91, Hachette UK
  • You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

    Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”
  • The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.

  • Er, I say, are you going to be able to get me out?

  • In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to keep as low as possible, to cling to the wall and not get any higher. You have to have your brain persuading your body to do the right movements.

    Sports   Wall   Climbing  
  • If we ever have children and they become climbers I'll tell them, Stay away from expeditions. They'll make you poor and neurotic.

    Greg Child (1998). “Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas”, p.158, Mountaineers Books
  • Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

    Wisdom   Nature   Autumn  
    Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898
  • The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.

    William Arthur Ward, “Risk”
  • An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

    All Things Considered (1908) "On Running after one's Hat"
  • Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.

    Funny   Climbing   Names  
  • I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

    FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Jul 22, 2012
  • Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our notion of climbing Shivling and said: 'First travel, then struggle, finally calm'.

    Greg Child (2012). “Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child”, p.52, The Mountaineers Books
  • When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind is clicking along, but your body is stagnating. Climbing brings it together in a beautiful, magical way. The adrenaline is flowing, and it's flowing all the time.

  • Experience comes from bad judgment.

  • Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing.

  • The mountains are calling and I must go.

    John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings”, p.190, The Mountaineers Books
  • I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!

    Running   Yoga   Rocks  
    "Ennifer Lawrence On 'Hunger Games,' 'Transformers' Announces World Premiere In Today's Dailies" by Josh Wigler, www.mtv.com. May 23, 2011.
  • 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.

    Men   Climbing   Self  
    "The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger".
  • The fact that I'm three months pregnant doesn't change anything.

    Climbing   Three   Months  
  • 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.

    Funny   Climbing   Long  
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