E-rock Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 " The only thing that's scary about ice climbing is that you can die" Quote
thelawgoddess Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 wirlwind said: thats some deep sheit  isn't deep shit better than shallow shit?  e-rock, that was a good one! Quote
Alpinfox Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Â The whole introduction to John Long's "Rock Jocks, Wall Rats, and Hang Dogs" is great. Â Here is a sample: "The reasons he is climbing are deeper than words can go. He only knows that it is not desire or even skill that keeps him moving, but obligation. He has to climb this "big wall." The reasons, whenever stated, never sound quite right, and only matter to non-climbers anyway. To him, what matters is that this copper swedge holds, and the next one after that, all the way to the summit, still two days away, maybe three." Â Â Quote
Bob_Clarke Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 We never grow tired of each other, the mountain and I. -Li Po Quote
Bob_Clarke Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Security is mostly superstition. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Â -Helen Keller Quote
RuMR Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Ropegun2002 said: Security is mostly superstition. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.  -Helen Keller  How's 'bout "I'm gonna kill that 85lb shit, even if he can crank?" Quote
Bob_Clarke Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 that boi doesn't count. He'll get his due. Quote
RuMR Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 ahhh...i just have to chalk it up to he's a kid...oh well... Quote
toptimmy Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 "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" Warren Harding Quote
fredrogers Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 "It doesn't matter if they made it to the top or not. They didnt make it back. You lose points for dying." Â Eric Simonson in reference to Mallory and Irvine. Quote
Bob_Clarke Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 RuMR said: ahhh...i just have to chalk it up to he's a kid...oh well... Â it's no excuse in my book. Poor breeding stock. Quote
RuMR Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 toptimmy said: "John Wayne never wore lycra" Ron Kauk I thought GregW said that? Quote
Bob_Clarke Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 .to strive ..to seek ...to find ....& not to yeild  I think it was shakespear. I first read the quote in the book seven summits. It was my mantra on my first Denali summit. Quote
sobo Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 fredrogers said: "It doesn't matter if they made it to the top or not. They didnt make it back. You lose points for dying." Â Eric Simonson in reference to Mallory and Irvine. Â "I don't know who was the first to summit Everest, but I do know that I was the first to do it and come back and tell about it." Â Sir Edmund Hillary, also referring to Mallory and Irvine Quote
E-rock Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 E-rock said: " The only thing that's scary about ice climbing is that you can die" Â My friend Jeff said this years ago, right before he took a groundfall. Quote
Dru Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 "As an instructive generalization, novices in the mountains are afraid of falling, while experienced climbers are afraid of things falling on them" -Dick Culbert Quote
Alpinfox Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Ropegun2002 said: .to strive ..to seek ...to find ....& not to yeild  I think it was shakespear. I first read the quote in the book seven summits. It was my mantra on my first Denali summit.  ... and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are --- One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.  -Alfred Lord Tennyson, From the Poem 'Ulysses' Quote
Beck Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 ..have several good quotes, and a reference on a good book on post's original subject.  "Citus,Altus, Fortis" latin, i think.... "Fast, High, Strong."  or " deep in the wild mountains, is a wild marketplace where you can trade the hassle and noise of everyday life for eternal Light" - Milarepa   and an off the cuff, lighthearted look at waiting out a storm in some snow cave, "if we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs."  but a good quote about the reasons why we climb- "we now appreciated everything around us. each individual crystal in the granite stood out in bold relief...How could one be bored with so many good things to see and feel/ This unity with our joyous surroundings, this ultra penetrating perception, gave us a feeling of contentment that we had not had for years." Yvon Chouinard after eight days on el Cap.  great book... "Bone Games: extreme sports, shaminism, zen, and the search for transcendence." by Rob Schultheis Quote
chumpman Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 "You know the difference between 'trauma' and 'no big deal' ? 'Trauma' is when it happens to me. 'No big deal' is when it happens to you... This roof is 'no big deal' !" — William Wright. Quote
Dru Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 "My advice is don't ever go where there's slide alder or devils' club" - Art Cooper Quote
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