Climbing Quotes
I don't actually care what I climb, only how it affects me. Which means the summit doesn't matter as much as the emotional process.
Start climbing the stairs without thinking how steep are the stairs or how many stairs are there!
There is no difference between religion and politics. Both involve lies and fanatical beliefs that generaly defy logic... Just like rock climbing.
That's what's so amazing about climbing - it's not just a sport. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of being creative, of connecting with yourself and with nature.
There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself" since you do not know yourself. Just be.
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.
The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing.
And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls.
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!
He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.
We don't live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means, and that is what life is for.
You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.
Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!
The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men.
I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the head. It is just you and the rock base.
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.
Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It is like a drug.
We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.
It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold.
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing.
The most beautiful experiences I've had climbing are when everything is simplified. Free soloing is the simplest thing, until you learn to fly or to walk on air - which I feel is all possible.
I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.
Sport climbing is a lot like sport f*#king. It's a lot of fun and requires no commitment.
I want to solve a climbing problem in the mountains, not in the sporting goods store.
To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.
I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive.
Eating wheat, like ice climbing, mountain boarding, and bungee jumping, is an extreme sport. It is the only common food that carries its own long-term mortality rate.
My market value increases with every outside critisism. Therefore, the frequently raised contention that I am the most highly critisized mountaineer does not disturb me in the slightest.
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.
Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.
Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy
