In this short span between my fingertips and the smooth edge and these tense feet cramped to a crystal ledge, I hold the life of a man. Similarly, I don't think any climb can make you content never to climb again. It is the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. William Blake, Gnomic Verses Security is mostly a superstition. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run that outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
The rules of the game must be constantly updated to keep up with the expanding technology. Otherwise we overkill the classic climbs and delude ourselves into thinking we are better climbers than the pioneers. Yvon Chouinard Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain-tops are within reach. John Muir My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. Aldous Huxley Short is the little time which remains to thee of life.