“Many have questioned the quality of this sort of achievement, deploring the use of pitons, tension traverses and expansion bolts, but the record speaks for itself. This is a technical age and climbers will continue in the future to look for new routes. There is nothing more satisfying than being a pioneer.” LooksUseAgeSpeakQualityRecordsAchievementTensionClimbingSatisfyingExpansionRoutesPioneersBoltsClimbersTraverse Author:Allen Steck
“My next climb is going to be a tourist troll in a wheelchair.” NextClimbsClimbingTouristsTrollWheelchairsClimbing To The Top Author:Allen Steck
“We do not deceive ourselves that we are engaging in an activity that is anything but debilitating, dangerous, euphoric, kinesthetic, expensive, frivolously essential, economically useless and totally without redeeming social significance. One should not probe for deeper meanings.” ShouldSocialDangerousActivityEssentialsDeeperUselessExpensiveClimbsSignificanceClimbingDeceivingEngagingMountaineeringMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainRedeemingRock ClimbingEuphoricDeeper Meaning Author:Allen Steck