“I tied a crust of bread to my belt, and with Carlo set out for the upper slopes of the Pilot Peak Ridge, and had a good day, notwithstanding the care of seeking the silly runaways.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“This time it is real—all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.”— Edmund Hillary, telegraph.co.uk
“I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't give a damn for anybody else who may be in distress and it doesn't impress me at all that they leave someone lying under a rock to die.”— Edmund Hillary, theage.com.au
“Reaching the summit of a mountain gives great satisfaction, but nothing for me has been more rewarding in life than the result of our climb on Everest, when we have devoted ourselves to the welfare of our Sherpa friends.”— Edmund Hillary, amazon.com
“Oh, I'd love to climb a mountain And reach the highest peak But it doesn't thrill me half as much As dancing cheek to cheek.”— Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, open.spotify.com