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Quote by Galen Rowell

“We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late.”

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Galen Rowell was a renowned American photographer, best known for his nature photography. His work showcased the grandeur and subtlety of the natural world, deeply appreciated by photography enthusiasts and professionals alike. more

“There are so many aspects to the sport. It never gets boring because you always do something different. Maybe you train really hard on a sport climbing and get tunnel vision for a while, but as soon as you burn out a bit, you concentrate on another aspect, like traveling. You see the world through the vehicle of climbing.”

World Different Hard Bits Sports Vision Aspect Train Boring Climbing Vehicle Tunnels Burn Out Tunnel Vision

Author:Wolfgang Gullich

“At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.”

Self Moments Existence Steps Ordinary Importance Extraordinary Climbing Finest Sense Of Self Self-importance Stripping Ordinary Moments Finest Moments

Author:Doug Scott

“In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not.”

Seems Culture Poor Style Mines Ethics Dirty Climbing Acceptable

Author:Leo Houlding

“You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.”

Remember Sex Dangerous Safe Climbing

Author:Yvon Chouinard

“When I stripped myself completely of pressure and thoughts of sponsors and realized I only love to climb, that's the day I did it.”

Pressure Climbs Climbing Only Love Sponsors

Author:Ron Kauk

“Maybe Himalayan climbing is just a bad habit, like smoking, of which one says with cavalier abandon, must give this up some day, before it kills me.”

Giving Habit Smoking Climbs Abandon Climbing Kill Me Bad Habits Rock Climbing

Book:Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child

Source: Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child

“Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phisical strengh, I find myself less able to explore the outer world, but better prepared to explore the inner.”

World Real Able Blind Prepared Climbing Passages Reducing Passage Of Time Milton Outer Worlds Real Work

Author:Doug Scott

“Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It is like a drug.”

Feelings Natural Danger Drug Draws Climbs Climbing Monstrous

Book:Hermann Buhl: climbing without compromise

Source: Hermann Buhl: climbing without compromise

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