“Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.” MindBodyTogetherBrainLegsYour BodyChessClimbingRidingBikePlaying 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.” WayMindPlayBodyTogetherBeautifulWalkingMountainLegsYour BodyChessClimbsClimbingHikingBikeAdrenalineMountaineeringMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainRock ClimbingTreadmillsInspirational Mountain ClimbingHiking In The MountainsClimbing Mountains Inspirational Author:Pat Ament
“What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.” StrongAbilityStyleSightClimbsClimbingMountaineeringMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainRock 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.” FeelingsEnergyEffortApproachObsessionPianoClimbingI Have LearnedEmphasisFrenzy Author:Pat Ament
“The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.” IdeasWholeWould BeReadySittingCompareClimbingVansClimbers Author:Pat Ament
“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.” PersonsFallRocksMountainNewspapersPianoClimbingPianistFactualClimbers Book:How to be a master climber in six easy lessons Source: How to be a master climber in six easy lessons