Chris Bonington quotes
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“I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing.”
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“If you're going climbing with young people, you get very, very used to seeing your climbing partner as a tiny little dot.”
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“There was no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss: dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that we were on a slow-moving glacier.”
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“The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.”
-- Chris BoningtonSource : Chris Bonington (1973). “The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World”, Scarborough House
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Source : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press
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“To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.”
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Source : Anna Brownell Jameson (1877). “A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected”, p.27
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Source : Berlie Doherty (2001). “Dear Nobody”, p.5, Penguin UK
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