Quotes on Inspirational Mountain Climbing

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.

The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.

The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.

The reason it was so scary was that there was only one climber capable of rescuing us, and that was Layton Kor, and he was in Colorado.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.

To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head wonderfully. It puts domestic problems back into proportion and adds an element of seriousness to your drab, routine life. Perhaps this is one reason why climbing has become increasingly hard as society has become increasingly, disproportionately, coddling.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.