Quotes About Adventure

Extreme high-altitude mountaineering deserves its place among the world's most extreme sports.

Mountains are like the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who anyone is or what they do.

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.

I learn something every time I go into the mountains.

Cyclists are insane. You're going through the Alps, climbing up mountains. There's this circus around them. They're so tough. When they have a day off, they go out and cycle 100 miles.

Living in Delhi, I head to the mountains or the seaside at every chance I get. I like bungee-jumping and rafting in Rishikesh.

Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains.

I have lots of other mountains that I would like to climb. I have no dream of Everest, but there are some, like Mount Fuji, I'd like to do.

I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.

The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.

What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.

I climb mountains.

Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That's why I don't go climb mountains.

I love hiking to the top of mountains in L.A. and seeing incredible landscapes. It really inspires me.

When I was a kid, I always dreamed about climbing mountains. I read every book about it. I formulated this plan to accomplish it.

I've loved mountains since I was a girl, and when I discovered mountaineering fiction after college, I was hooked.

As I get more experienced, I love the idea of going into big mountains and doing big climbs. But the problem is, it's getting more dangerous, especially alpine climbing.

There is no joy involved in climbing mountains, there is simply the challenge, the self-invented challenge, the play.

I go to the wild mountains where I am responsible for myself. Step by step I am making sure that I don't die.

I always thought if I died in the mountains, it would put an asterisk on my climbs.

The decision to go into the mountains and hike with your dog, and wingsuit with the dog, can bring catastrophe. These are decisions we make because they fulfill us, but they also have danger.

I love to travel and have a special connection with the mountains.

I live in Mussoorie. I love my birds and Himalayas. There is always a new mountain to climb and mountains keep coming to me.