I am afraid if there is anything to be afraid of. A precipice cannot hurt you. Lions and tigers can. The streets of New York I con...sider more dangerous than the Matterhorn to a thoroughly competent and careful climber.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,... Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where f...ew can follow.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »