Climbing Quotes

Whoa," said Nico as he climbed off the bus. "Is that a climbing wall?" "Yeah," I (Percy) said. "Why is there lava pouring down it?" "Little extra challenge..." - Percy

Frostbite? I consider that a failure.

Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good, And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.

I am overwhelmed by an irresistible temptation to do my climb by moonlight and unroped. This is contrary to all my rock climbing teaching & does not mean poor training, but only a strong-headedness.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach.

Life's a climb, but the view's great.

A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward progress with our bodies.

I do recall that El Cap seemed to be in much better condition than I was.

Keep climbing,' he told himself. 'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied. 'Shut up,' he thought. 'With fries,' his stomach complained.

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.

The mountains were there and so was I.

When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.

Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

One can hardly help another to the top of the hill without climbing there himself.

Living a life is much like climbing mountains-the summits are always further off than you think, but when a man has a goal, he always feels he's working toward something.

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder.

I really learned to approach climbing not just with a pure athletic mentality, but also to appreciate all these beautiful places we get to go to.

John Wayne never wore Lycra.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

When I stripped myself completely of pressure and thoughts of sponsors and realized I only love to climb, that's the day I did it.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

I say we are climbing out of a ditch and we are climbing up.

I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.

Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

Men are climbing to the moon, but they don’t seem interested in the beating human heart.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.

Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs.

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.

(I was) happily contended to be climbing the heights and the clouds by the brush method.. ...rendering the God-spirit in the mountains.

I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up

Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

It is the climbing of the mountain that makes the view from the top so breathtaking.

We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.

There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for death.

Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end of the world - or the entire world either.

This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.

Life must be lived with courage, with climbing and risks, else there is no happiness, no hope, no true success, no future.

Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad honor, and his trust, The God who called him from the dust.

The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.

We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in the edges of an ecosystem - adaptable, resilient and tough.

I grew up rock climbing.

There's something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all other grand and lofty things.

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'.