Shin'ichi Sakamoto > Quotes

“It's so strange, even though my arms and legs are all beat up and I can't move my body well, I feel like I could climb anywhere. I don't want to stop, I want to keep climbing like this forever. Endlessly higher, endlessly farther.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 2

“Don’t let go of that rope. A person who cuts their ties with other people is a person who cannot live.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 2

“Down here the world is filthy, but up there the snow purifies all!”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 1

“Isn't it odd? Humankind is reaching for Mars...but there are places on earth where we've yet to tread.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 2

“In the seventies, the walls in Yosemite, a holy land for climbers became riddled with piton holes. The damage gave birth to the idea of Free-Climbing- climbing in harmony with nature and without harming the rock.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 2

“Silent and awkward types yearn for the mountains.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 1

“He'd rather take on a greater challenge...than step on flowers in bloom.”
― Shin'ichi Sakamoto, The Climber, Vol. 2