“John Wayne never wore Lycra.” ClimbsClimbingWayneMountaineeringMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainRock ClimbingInspirational Mountain ClimbingClimbing Mountains Inspirational Author:Ron Kauk
“At either end of the social spectrum there lies a leisure class.” EndsLyingSocialClassClimbingLeisureSpectrum Author:Eric Jay Beck
“I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie about what had happened. To my addled brain, this was plausible. Then I came to my senses and woke Eric up and told him that either he had to retreat or I'd throw him off. We went down and I never climbed again for a quarter of a century.” LyingBrainHappenedCenturyDown AndSensesDesperateClimbingThrowingQuartersRetreatEricPlausibleLedgesQuarter Of A Century Author:Dave Cook
“There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and rappelled to the talus and hid well.” WellsGradesClimbingClimbers Author:Eric Jay Beck
“He was skinning a bear. I was terrified at first, because the corpse resembled a naked man quartered between two trees. He'd created a deadfall trap over some big talus blocks and the bear had fallen in. He used the skin for something and jerked the meat. If it wasn't astonishing enough behavior in a national park, the next day he made donuts, using bear fat for grease ! Surely, by now, he's created an empire somewhere in the world.” IfsMenWorldFirstsMadeTwoEnoughBigsUsedNextTreeBearsBehaviorSkinsNakedFatsBlockMeatFallenParksEmpiresClimbingTrapsTerrifiedNext DayCorpsesAstonishingNational ParksGreaseDonutsTwo Trees Author:Dave Cook
“My once-keen analytical mind has become so dulled by endless hours of baking in the hot sun, thrashing about in tight chimneys, pulling at impossibly heavy loads, freezing my ass off.... so that now my mental state is comparable to that of a Peruvian Indian, well stoked on coca leaves.” MindWellsStatesHoursSunHotHeavyEndlessAssIndianClimbingLoadPullingBakingFreezingChimneysHeavy LoadsHot SunPeruvians Author:Warren G. Harding
“It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.” YearsTwoDoneFunClimbingPaceRoutes Author:John Sherman
“The future of Yosemite climbing lies not in Yosemite, but in using the new techniques in the great granite ranges of the world.” WorldLyingTechniqueRangeClimbingGraniteYosemite Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Personally, I would rather climb in the high mountains. I have always abhorred the tremendous heat, the dirt-filled cracks, the ant-covered foul-smelling trees and bushes which cover the cliffs, the filth and noise of Camp 4 (the climbers' campground), and worst of all, the multitudes of tourists which abound during the weekends and summer months.” TreeWorstMonthsMountainSummerFilledNoiseHeatClimbsCracksCoveredClimbingCampsWeekendDirtMultitudesCliffsAntsFoulTouristsFilthClimbersMountain Climbers Author:Yvon Chouinard
“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.” MenImportantCan DoPartyRecordsSpeedFasterClimbsClimbingManiaClimbers Author:Yvon Chouinard