Mountaineering Quotes

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

Walter Bonatti
- Human
- Victory
- Elements
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

Ernest Hemingway
- Sports
- Racing
- Motor

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.

Wojciech Kurtyka
It reminds me of a very wise saying about mountaineering that my wife, Paula, repeats often: “Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, you don’t.

Ed Viesturs
I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.

Wanda Rutkiewicz
- Film
- Mountain
- Climbing
The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.

Ed Viesturs
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

Isabelle Huppert
- Theatre
- Films
- Vacation
Mountaineering will never be a safe activity and would not be worth doing if it were.

Ed Viesturs