We mountaineers always live
We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late. Galen Rowell
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We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late. Galen Rowell
My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing or aren’t doing. Figure out what works for you, what turns you on, what gives you the greatest amount of energy and feeling of satisfaction. Galen Rowell
When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the better I know myself, and the more I am able to challenge myself. Galen Rowell
What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I’m not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I’m not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world Galen
There’s a conspiracy / to protect the young, so they’ll be fearless, / it’s why you travel – it’s a way of trying / to let go, of lying. You don’t sit / in a stiff chair and worry, you keep moving. / Postcards from the Alamo, the Alhambra. / … / You, fainting at … Read more
Truthfully, I love being in the jungle. I love it when the make-up artists come to set, they come equipped with dirt and sweat. I spend my days climbing trees and I can crawl out of bed and walk on set and that’s exactly all I have to look like. Evangeline Lilly
Of course, if you think of a European or American household in the ’50s, so what were the things that when people started climbing up the ladder, what did they buy? A fridge, a TV, I think piano was the number three item in say ’53 or ’54. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all the others are games. Ernest Hemingway
Hello there. I’m out social climbing, but if you leave your name and number and if you’re anybody, I’ll get back to you. Erma Bombeck
Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that. Erik Weihenmayer