Climbing Quotes Quotes

“To be a climber one has to accept that gratification is rarely immediate.”
― Bernadette McDonald

“Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When I am climbing, the mountain is part of me, and I am part of it.”
― Michael Schauch, A Story of Karma: Finding Love and Truth in the Lost Valley of the Himalaya

“Don’t climb a mountain to look down on people below, but to get a clearer view of the stars above.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“It was during my first expedition on Everest, that I first experienced the Puja. The word Puja is a Sanskrit word, Pūjā, and it means, "The worship of a particular God or Goddess." In our case, our Puja was in honor of Sagarmatha. Sagarmatha is the Nepalese name for Everest. We were beseeching her, asking her for not just a safe climb, but thanking her for allowing us an audience. Not trying to sound clichéd, but it was a transcendently beautiful experience.”
― Mekael Shane

“Success Orientation is like falling into a deep cave. It is not about how you climb out of the cave. Success Orientation is whether you climb out or not.”
― Deborah Bravandt

“It is very tough to climb a mountain. However, it is not as tough as convincing yourself that you can climb it.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“We cannot climb the mountain with a desultory heart.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“We as the species of Homo Sapiens are meant to climb mountains, because mountains are a challenge for us.”
― Avijeet Das

“I would climb the mountains frequently to tune in my nature with theirs.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“By 1987 I had a stack of cartoons. That summer, stormbound on Mount Sir Francis Drake, while bailing the tent like it was a canoe shot by a cannon, I told my friend Dave Harris about the work. David was a graphic designer and his wife sold printing for a large print shop. “Do a comic book!” he said. So, with ginormous help from the both of them, I did. Three hundred copies of Lies and slander from a demented little corner of the coast range were printed up and sold for five bucks each. And then, the following year, Dave helped me do Volume 2.”
― Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

“OOoooOOoooowwwwwww, Aaaaaaaagghghghgh” he cried out suddenly. Stopped in
midair and slowly spinning, the problem revealed itself. As he was descending, a big tuft
of his large, fluffy red beard had been sucked into the ‘biner break. Ever so irrevocably,
the rest of his face appeared to be sucking into it too.”
― Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

“OOoooOOoooowwwwwww, Aaaaaaaagghghghgh” he cried out suddenly. Stopped in midair and slowly spinning, the problem revealed itself. As he was descending, a big tuft of his large, fluffy red beard had been sucked into the ‘biner break. Ever so irrevocably, the rest of his face appeared to be sucking into it too.”
― Tami Knight, Secret Plans: Vol. III: 40+ Years of Cartoons for Climbers

“As a child, my dreams were unbound, like the desert sky. I thought the clouds were within my reach, just waiting for me to climb onto them and soar”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

“Sandy Hill Pittman was hysterical.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

“Sandy Hill Pittman was hysterical.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

“For whatever reason, commercial mountain guide, Anatoli Boukreev raced down ahead of his group—which in fact had been his pattern throughout the entire expedition, as, his employer, Scott Fischer’s final letters and phone calls from Base Camp to Seattle made clear.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster