Climbers Quotes

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

Ranulph Fiennes

Running, Adventure, Weather

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

John Muir

Wisdom, Nature, Autumn

Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

John Ruskin

Change, Running, Rainy Day

"The Use Of Life". Book by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Chapter 4: "Recreation", 1894.

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Experience comes from bad judgment.

Mark Twain

Learning Something New, Hiking, Climbing

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

Billy Connolly

Being Happy, Running, Adventure

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Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing.

Jonathan Waterman

Climbing, Hiking, Mountain Climbers

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There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

Henry Rollins

People, Mountain, Body

"Henry Rollins: Post-Punk Pundit". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. July 25, 2007.

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Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain

Jack Kerouac

Motivational, Wisdom, Travel

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There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

Bill Bowerman

Funny, Motivational, Nike

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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

Climbing, Self, Advice

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But life has no smooth roads for any of us. And in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim, the very roughness only stimulates the climber to sturdier and steadier steps, till that other legend of the rough places fulfils itself at last; "per aspera ad astra;" over steep ways to the stars.

William Croswell Doane

Life, Motivational, Stars

"Addresses to the Graduating Classes of St. Agnes School".

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In his laborious efforts to attain mountaintops, where the air is lighter and purer, the climber gains new strength of limb. In the endeavor to over come obstacles of the way, the soul trains itself to conquer difficulties; and the spectacle of the vast horizon, which from the highest crest offers itself on all sides to the eyes, raises his spirit to the Divine Author and Soverign of Nature.

Pope Pius XI

Eye, Air, Effort

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The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or nicest to be around; neither are some of them coming from the purest motivation. Climbing another V17 is not going to save the world! This activity of 'rock climbing' is merely one of many ways to exist, pass the time, and evolve and grow from one moment to the next. That’s all.

Chris Sharma

Motivation, Rocks, Climbing

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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.

Robert Greene

Patience, Fall, Ambition

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As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.

Rachel Weisz

Hurt, Children, Tree

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The rules of the game must be constantly updated to keep up with the expanding technology. Otherwise we overkill the classic climbs and delude ourselves into thinking we are better climbers than the pioneers.

Yvon Chouinard

Technology, Thinking, Climbing

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When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Khalil Gibran

Friendship, Grieving, Hiking

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.92, Lulu.com

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Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how fast and efficiently they can do it, but far worse, to see how much faster and more efficiently they are than a party which did the same climb a few days before. The climb becomes secondary, no more important than a racetrack. Man is pitted against man.

Yvon Chouinard

Party, Men, Climbing

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I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world. That's another reason why I climb.

Jim Wickwire

Funny, Climbing, People

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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.

Yvon Chouinard

Climbing, Scary, Colorado

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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.

William Arthur Ward

Hiking, Mountain, Inspired

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If we ever have children and they become climbers I'll tell them, Stay away from expeditions. They'll make you poor and neurotic.

Greg Child

Children, Climbing, Poor

Greg Child (1998). “Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas”, p.158, Mountaineers Books

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Climbers have no sense of smell.

Conrad Anker

Smell

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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

William Arthur Ward

Inspirational, Adversity, Mountain

"Lose the Baggage, Lose the Weight: A Woman-to-Woman Recipe for Life" by Lorna Stremcha, p. 63, October 18, 2011.

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Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't lost as many fingers or toes.

Wanda Rutkiewicz

Climbing, Important, Toes

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