Climbing Quotes

Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth.

Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.

There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and rappelled to the talus and hid well.

Alcohol, firearms and a 4 wheel drive can go a long ways towards making a rain day into a fun rest day.

Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich starker.

The mountain is nothing without people on it. Often you part expedition exasperated, but a year or two later you go back with the same partners knowing there's potential in this human relationship.

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

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.

I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.

Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken.

Growing older is like climbing a mountain: the higher you get, the more strength you need, but the further you see.

O cold ! O shivery ! It was your ambrosial beauty. Forget, forgive. Kismet. Let me off this once.

I'm an outdoor nut. If I'm not working, I'm on a tractor on my farm, hunting, fishing or climbing a mountain.

Doing time is like climbing a mountain wearing roller skates.

O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts!

The tide of visitors will float slowly about the bottom of the valley as harmless scum collecting in hotel and saloon eddies, leaving the rocks and falls eloquent as ever.

Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.

It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing.

The real, in all this efforts, is that we climb just for climbing.

In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not.

I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and so much more.

What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.

All of us knew that climbing was a sure way to stay poor, a lousy way to impress people and definitely no way to meet girls.

This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it.

The only zen thoughts you can find on a mountain summit are those you brought yourself.

Bouldering is the synthesis of all skills needed for climbing

I don't believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when I'm 70. And I know I will be.

To be a photojournalist takes experience, skill, endurance, energy, salesmanship, organization, wheedling, climbing, gatecrashing, etc. - plus an eye and patience.

No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

You know your life is over when you own a lawnmower.

We'll climb with you and steal your women.

I soon learned that Everest wasn't a private affair. It belonged to many men.

I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.

I was spent up. I sure grabbed that girl of mine.

Actually, we're just glorified flagpole sitters.

I continued with whatever 'qualified climbers' I could con into this rather unpromising venture.

While ice is not really alive, it is certainly animate. It exists in an dynamic state of perpetual vibration, flux and movement. Enjoy its existence, and its safe passage in the mountains.

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac.

The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.

The climbing as a whole is not very esthetic or enjoyable; it is merely difficult.

The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.

It's the maritime equivalent of rock climbing.

Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.

The secret to climbing up is to put your heart into your work.