Mountaineering Quotes

“If the only answer is silence, sit down, regain your calm, and combat terror with reason.
Once you have calmed down, start doing the right things.”
― Mountaineers (Society), Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

“Helen Keller observed in 1957 in The Open Door, “Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
― The Mountaineers Club, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills

“mountaineering offers you a chance to learn about yourself by venturing beyond the confines of the modern world.”
― Ron Eng, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

“Adrenaline may fuel short bursts of exertion, but there is no "third wind.”
― Mountaineers (Society), Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

“You are a stakeholder in the political process, and your influence will be proportional to your level of involvement in that process.”
― Mountaineers, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills

“I felt then that [this] was another special place. A place where climbers lived who cared for it, and knew it well enough to say that the yellow rock was more brittle than the red, or that there are hidden holds inside that crack, or that the number of condors is on the up, that the boulder in the next valley gives good shelter, or at what time exactly does the sun shine on that face of the mountain. Simple shared knowledge. That which we have of our home rocks. —Paul Pritchard,”
― Mountaineers, Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills