Quotes About Adventure

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

I always have fun on the mountain, so it's always nice to go back out there and do what I love.

The best date I've had would probably have to be one where I went hiking to a big mountain here in New York.

Nobody mountain bikes anymore - or ever did - in comedy, so I have to go by myself.

Cape Town is beautiful. It's an extraordinary beach town with mountain ranges on either side.

I'm big into mountain biking.

For me, a holiday is about taking a book and going to a mountain and reading.

I've never looked at film-making as a career. I've looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again.

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

I'm quite physical. I'm from one of those dog-walking families where hiking up a mountain is meant to be fun.

The main thing as a director, you always want to have a bit of a worry about the material you're going to get yourself into. You want to be a bit scared of it so that you have that excitement of having to climb the mountain.

I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.

We lived in Colorado, and my parents were outdoorsy mountain people. My father would always say, 'Go out and don't come back until you have something to show me.' Which meant he wanted me to come back with a scraped knee or an injury. When I went out to play, I felt like I'd better get hurt.

I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.

There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.

The things I like to do involve a lot of mental focus, a combination of physical and mental challenge. That is what mountain climbing is.

I have always said that a mountain without danger is not a mountain.

Everest is how it is right now. We have to fix ropes up there; we have the commercial expeditions. If you don't like that, go on another mountain or choose another part of the mountain. There's still space for everybody.

I was 5 when I went up my first 10,000 ft mountain, with my parents, and I have been climbing ever since.

I still value the adventurous side, confronting the mountain on its terms, more than I value actual success in terms of getting to the top. That has very little meaning to me.

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

My favorite food is dahl bhat, the only Nepalese food you can eat on all the expeditions. Everyone from the mountaineering community would know this!

Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.

This is one of my definitions of mountaineering: to go where others do not.