265 Quotes About Climbing

I had been hired to prepare the mountain for the people instead of the other way around.

Another day I walked out of town to do a bit of climbing in the mountains behind the airport. I scrambled up and down slopes that contained some of the oldest rocks in the world, isotope-dated at 3,800 billion years, remnants, so the geological rumor goes, of the earth's earliest terrestrial crust.

There is not enough luck in the world. That night I got somebody’s share.

It was possible that when the climbers were ready, the mountain wouldn’t be

To see what others can not...You must climb the mountain

Climbing, simply and joyfully, is the way I love the world.

Undoubtedly, the mind is restless and hard to control But it can be trained by constant practice and by freedom from desire." - B.K.S. Iyengar.Climbing is really great, we all love climbing. But what's interesting to me is what happens in my head or in my life because of it. Ultimately, I think climbing is a vehicle for exploration - of the world, of the self.

Climbing may be hard, but it's easier than growing up. (Thanks Ed Sklar!)

Lead the way. Just remember that I'm not a very good climber.""Not very good?" Beetledown laughed. "Like a dog with one leg, to put truth to it.