Lionel Terray Professions : Climber Born : July 25, 1921 Died : September 23, 1965 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Lionel Terray On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased to be slaves and have really been men. It is hard to return to servitude. Lionel Terray climbing beautiful men If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing else can approach, it also presents great dangers. It is not the goal of ‘grand alpinisme’ to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of crawling grubs. Lionel Terray mountain-peaks climbing goal Similar Authors Dean Potter climber Kevin Jorgeson climber Jimmy Chin climber Jerzy Kukuczka climber Sonnie Trotter climber Steve House climber All Authors
