Jeff Lowe quotes
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“The climb will go. Get rid of the rope. It's only distracting you.”
-- Jeff LoweSource : Jeff Lowe (1996). “Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing”, p.63, The Mountaineers Books
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“If you're concentrating on climbing , you can't be concentrating on money and cars and houses and wives and boyfriends. And when you come back to deal with them, you have a better view of their reliative importance. Climbing puts things in perspective again.”
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“The architecture or look fo a line is really important to me, and often ice can add something to the look of the wall. A dry rock wall is often not very dramatic. You add ice and snow and the features stand out in greater relief and it looks much wilder.”
-- Jeff Lowe
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“How far can you push a rope? Not very far. That's why true influencers don't push.”
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“You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.”
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“A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”
Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.295, Egmont UK
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“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose.”
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“People who climb from one rung of society to another can never do anything simply.”
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“The climb will go. Get rid of the rope. It's only distracting you.”
Source : Jeff Lowe (1996). “Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing”, p.63, The Mountaineers Books
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