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Rock Climber Inspirational Quotes (214)

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Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. Traveling is my form of self-education. Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.
Yvon Chouinard
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I failed on a climbing problem eight times before realizing I was climbing as high as I knew I could and then letting go. On my next try I climbed with no thought of failure and reached the top. We cannot know what we can do in advance. The only way to find out is to go all-out trying, thinking only of success.
Royal Robbins
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My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved from an intense devotion to mountains and wilderness that eventually shaped all the parts of my life and brought them together.
Galen Rowell
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The common thread in all of my climbing is it was something new, something never done before. That commonality is more important than the discipline.
Kevin Jorgeson
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I think I'm a pretty creative person. I love building things. I love working on my house. Landscaping, stuff like that.
Chris Sharma
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Every climb is different, has its own unique set of movements and body positions. Climbing and my appreciation for nature are totally intertwined.
Chris Sharma
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The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate self-control, one's nerve might fail and cause an error. That's irony of it - that fear could short-circiut skill, that one would die as a direcy result of being afraid to die.
Royal Robbins
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Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.
Steve Roper
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Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility of the elements, he rages against futility and asserts his right of being
Jim Perrin
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In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
Alain Robert
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Finances completely determine what we can do and how quickly we can move.
Hugh Herr
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The best part is getting to the top 'cause the pain's all over.
Dan Osman
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At its best, climbing becomes a life focus around which everything else must orbit and at its least is an excellent diversion from the real world.
Todd Skinner
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We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.
Alain Robert
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The more I make the more I can give away.
Yvon Chouinard
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With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.
Royal Robbins
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I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.
Yvon Chouinard
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I really learned to approach climbing not just with a pure athletic mentality, but also to appreciate all these beautiful places we get to go to.
Chris Sharma
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We are living in a world where everything is based on security.
Alain Robert
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The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life it’s so easy to make it complex.
Yvon Chouinard
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Most injuries happen when you're not motivated, too, and you're forcing yourself to do something. Your mind's not aligned with your body and you're just going through the motions. That's when you're most likely to get injured.
Chris Sharma
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More and more people seem to be separating from nature. I'm trying to go in a different direction. I'm getting closer and closer.
Dean Potter
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Nature doesn't like empires. It doesn't like accumulation in one place, it doesn't like monoculture. It's always trying to make diverse species. It wants to spread everything out. And we're constantly trying to hold everything in.
Yvon Chouinard
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The rock still has something to teach me.
Chris Sharma
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