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Pat Ament Biography

Rock climber

Pat Ament, born on September 3, 1946, is a renowned rock climber. He is highly respected in the climbing community for his exceptional climbing skills and adventurous spirit.

Mind Body Together Brain Legs Your Body Chess Climbing Riding Bike Playing Chess

Author:Pat Ament

“When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind is clicking along, but your body is stagnating. Climbing brings it together in a beautiful, magical way. The adrenaline is flowing, and it's flowing all the time.”

“What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.”

Strong Ability Style Sight Climbs Climbing Mountaineering Mountain Climbing Climbing Mountain Rock Climbing

Book:How to be a master climber in six easy lessons

Source: How to be a master climber in six easy lessons

“Now I approach climbing differently. I have learned less effort and energy, less obsession, and more feeling, as with piano, more emphasis and less frenzy.”

Feelings Energy Effort Approach Obsession Piano Climbing I Have Learned Emphasis Frenzy

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“The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.”

Ideas Whole Would Be Ready Sitting Compare Climbing Vans Climbers

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“Newspapers ascribe the word "climber" to any person who falls in the mountains or off a rock. To refer to anyone who falls in the mountains as... a climber... is as factual as to say that anyone who sits down at a piano is a pianist.”

Persons Fall Rocks Mountain Newspapers Piano Climbing Pianist Factual Climbers

Book:How to be a master climber in six easy lessons

Source: How to be a master climber in six easy lessons

About the Author

Born: September 3, 1946
Known for: Rock climber
Quotes: 6

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