History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise.

- Doug Scott

Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousander…

- Doug Scott

Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.

- Doug Scott

Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.

- Doug Scott

Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phi…

- Doug Scott

In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb. You must say to yo…

- Doug Scott

If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?

- Doug Scott

Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be d…

- Doug Scott

At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.

- Doug Scott