Quotes about Mountaineering

Life is a fast, dizzing game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.

I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.

I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.