450 Quotes About Mountains

He couldn't be more than forty-five, but Murray Miles was stooped, old before his time. The mountains of Alberta had the ability to bend those who lived here.That, or it broke them.

Stars, Seas, Mountains, Bridges, Roads and Tunnels Are Manmade.

A mountaintop is not simply an elevation, but an island, a world within a world, a place out of place.

I wanted to live how I really wanted, even if that meant turning against what everyone I knew was doing. I didn’t want to be close to the action or save on rent by sharing space anymore. I wanted to live somewhere with quiet views of the mountains, surrounded by nature and with plenty of time to sit, read, write and think.

I wanted to see the light change on the horizon, to notice the pinky-orange alpenglow illuminating the mountains as the day fell away and to know the comings and goings of the birds. I wanted to have places to explore and escape to. I wanted to live on my terms, no matter what people thought of that. And I managed, somehow, to actually do it.

Men who moved mountains were motivated.

Boys climb hills “because they are there.” Men climb mountains because they know there is something beyond them and they want to see it. They want to see what is “behind,” “farther in,” and “deeper down.” Men are not afraid of what they will find. They know something is there because no matter where man has looked, there has always been more. Armchair explorers call that more “randomness.” Real explorers call it God.

We spent June and July in the Rockies, growing stronger, feeling feral in the untamed range of mountains.

Was ich schützen musste, war die Fähigkeit, allein zu sein. Es hatte gedauert, bis ich mich ans Alleinsein gewöhnt und einen Ort daraus gemacht hatte, an dem ich es mir gemütlich machen, ja, an dem ich mich wohlfühlen konnte. Trotzdem spürte ich, dass es schwierig blieb. Deshalb ging ich lieber zu mir nach Hause, um es nicht zu verlernen.