If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept their myste…

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restric…

- Wojciech Kurtyka

The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I am the center of everything

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Beauty is the door to another world.

- Wojciech Kurtyka

In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed in the deceitfulness of me…

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Whenever a climber leaves the known paths, he enters an area without rules or routines... The only advice comes from deep inside the self.

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet …

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.

- Wojciech Kurtyka

Isn't a person who can live on nothing much stronger? I try to nurture that transformation in myself.

- Wojciech Kurtyka