Mountaineering Quotes Quotes & Sayings

And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far into the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.
Page No. 31, Freedom Climbers — Rainer Maria Rilke

The altimeter had been damaged along the way, but the few bottles that we brought along to wash down the ordinary expedition rations were fine. True, a bottle gives only a vague indication of altitude, but can you drink an altimeter? — Erhard Loretan

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

All my life, I have never felt as happy on Earth as when I'm getting closer to the sky. — Erhard Loretan

She looked at me.
There was a second
the kind that holds the whole world ... — Jeanette Winterson

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom. — Mark Rothko

I assure you it's harder to battle human stupidity than to do battle with mountains. Mountains, after all, have holds. — Erhard Loretan

Mountains are both journey and destination. They summon us to climb their slopes, explore their canyons, and attempt their summits. The summit, despite months of preparation and toil, is never guaranteed though tastes of sweet nectar when reached. If my only goal as a teacher and mountaineer is the summit, I risk cruel failure if I do not reach the highest apex. Instead, if I accept the mountain's invitation to journey and create meaning in each step, success is manifest in every moment. — T.A. Loeffler

Keeping in mind the old mountain adage that the longer you take to set up your bivy site, the shorter the bivy you have to endure, we ended up taking two hours to dig the snow cave. — Erhard Loretan

With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and even our lives. — Sarah Susanka

A good man is like a good corset. He will always be supportive and never leave you hanging.
MISS ABIGAIL JENKINS, 1875 — Margaret Brownley

Some men find the cool, disinterested, and understated attractive. Makes them think you're deep. — J.D. Robb

Climbing has taught me many lessons, one of the most important being, just how ever-present death is. Having faced death a few times now while climbing, has made me realize that I have no fear of it. — Mekael Shane

I don't get embarrassed. — Kesha