| Qoutes |
| The following are qoutes that I have found from searching on the net. Most of the qoutes are about hiking or climbing and you may find your own inspiration or enlightenment from them. |
| "Never was anything achieved without danger". - Nicollo Machiavelli "It's the side of the mountains that sustain life, not the top". - Robert Pirsig "I want to solve a climbing problem in the mountains, not in the sporting goods store". - Reinhold Messner "Don't forget, it is really just a big pile of rocks". - David Breashears "Because it is there." - George Mallory, answer to 'Why Do You Want to climb Everest' "One does not climb to attain enlightment, rather, one climbs because he is enlightened". - Zen Master Futomaki "The mountains help to reawaken forgotten dreams". "But how splendid is this intimate dialogue between Man and the forces of nature". "What is important is the man who is born in the course of ascent". - Gaston Rebuffat, separate qoutes from Between Heaven and Earth. "Live each day as you would climb a moutain. An ocassional glance to the summit puts the goal in mind. Many beautiful scenes can be observed from each new vantage point. Climb steadily, slowly, enjoy each passing moment, and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax to the journey". - Joe Pircino "One cannot climb at all unless he has sufficient urge to do so. Danger must be met (indeed it must be used) to an extent beyond that incurred to normal life. That is one reason men climb; for only in response to challenge does one man become his best". - Ax Nelson "The man who goes out alone can start today. But he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready." - Henry David Thoreau "As far as I know, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how.' - Edmund Hillary, referring to the Sherpa Tenzig Norgay "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves". - Edmund Hillary "Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was". - Dag Hammerskjold "He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed". - William James "There's a big difference between knowing the path, and walking the path". - Morpheus, The Matrix "Climb above all with your head. Always measure what you want to do against what you're capable of. Mountaineering is after all a matter of conscience". - Gaston Rebuffat, Between Heaven and Earth. "I'd feel better if we had some crampons. Oh what the hell, let's go for it...". - Common climbing last words. "Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous." - Reinhold Messner "The mountains are beautiful, but they are not worth dying for". - Greg Child, The Other Side of Luck "Reaching the summit is optional, getting back down isn't !" - Ed Viesturs |
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