Quotes by Climbing Never noticed a female monkey not climbing as well as a male, have you? Don Whillans climbingmalesfemale One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon. Don Whillans climbinglooksneeds At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance. Doug Scott climbingselfordinary In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb. You must say to yourself, I may die here. Doug Scott climbingwritingmean Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition. Doug Scott apprenticeshipclimbingintuition If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ? Doug Scott climbingwantfunny Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss all theat. They are wasting the best years of their climbing lives. Doug Scott climbingeightyears Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads. Doug Scott mountaineeringclimbsclimbing Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be derived from mountaineering. Doug Scott climbingweathercommitment Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phisical strengh, I find myself less able to explore the outer world, but better prepared to explore the inner. Doug Scott climbingrealworld I was filled with such a dangerous delicious intoxication that I could have walked straight off the steps into the air, climbing on the strength of my own drunkeness into the stars. And the intoxication, as I knew even then, was the recklessness of infinite possibility. Doris Lessing climbingstarsair I'm climbing into a vehicle that has a powerful influence on our culture. I'd like to make it do something good. The media is populated with attorneys, psychologists and pundits but there are only three physicians: me, Dr. Oz and Sanjay Gupta. We are the only MDs who practice medicine and have board certifications in one or two fields. That's it. Drew Pinsky climbingmediapowerful When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air. D.T. Suzuki climbingspiritualexercise One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills. Earl Wilson climbinghikingblood The summit is just a halfway point. Ed Viesturs summithalfwayclimbing I'm an action transvestite really, so it's running, jumping, climbing trees putting on make-up when you're up there! Eddie Izzard climbingjumpingrunning Everytime I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by Eddie Vedder climbingshoesgirl Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Edmund Hillary climbingattitudescience The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality. Eckhart Tolle climbingspiritualthinking Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never! Edna Ferber climbingwritinginteresting«23456789101112»
