The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled. And he who would cl….

The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ult….

I failed on a climbing problem eight times before realizing I was climbing as high as I knew I could and then letting go. On my next try I climbed wi….

Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us give half of ourselves-it ….

Better we raise our skill than lower the climb.

With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger..

I had the unique experience the next day: placing sixteen bolts in a row. It was just blank and there was no way around. But it was a route worth bol….

When it's been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can't go any farther, I concentrate on the next three feet. And then the next three feet; an….

Our ascent, of course, does not end the possibility for new accomplishments on El Capitan. The day will probably come when this climb will be done in….

Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and master danger in order to be intensely alive..

A first ascent is a creation in the same sense as is a painting or a song.

My ambition was to become the best climber and I never did. I think that goal was a wrong goal. A better one is to put more emphasis on enjoyment and….

The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength..

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind..

A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom..