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Climb Quotes
Lines on reaching for higher ground.
This collection of climb quotes ranges from an old line weighing the wish to rise against the fear of falling, to a more modern sense of freedom found on the way up. Explore more under Climbing.
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- Dawn
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Dawn Wall is so obviously the hardest big-wall climb in the world, so that was the challenge.
- Fast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to hike to the top of El Capitan and rappel down the route, and start fixing lines. For me it was really important to try to climb it from the ground up at first.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I knew how to jug, but when you only jug 30 meters to the top of a sport climb, you don't need good technique. But jugging 400 meters, that's a big deal.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like being restricted. When I climb, I feel free and unrestricted; away from any social commitments.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don't give an opinion. But there needs to be enough room for others.
- Favorite Places
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been to Switzerland a handful of times, and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to climb.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020