Walter Bonatti Quotes

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.

If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves.

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive.