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 Alexander Huber
For me, free soloing is a way to live fervently, to discover another part of the diverse terrain of emotions, of mental and phisical capabilities, that forms the landscape of human experience. |
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Andrej ©tremfelj, b. 1956, Slovenia
(...)Though we climbed in the area that had been climbed in before, we did not know it. Also, we did not expect such difficulties. Having surmounted them, we realized that the ascent route was too demanding to descent without rope. We had to descent a different route. We lost our rucksack, sleeping bags, and the cooker, as we head left them below the summit on our way up (...) |
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David Graham
It’s either a benchmark of a 9a route or an 8c+ route […] The question of grade now would be an interesting one, because if Action Direct is the first 8c+ done, then everything else in the world would change - everything. |
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Dean Potter, b. 1972, USA
Soloing for me is about being completely in the moment, not worrying about the past or future, but just being right here, right now. That’s why I do it. |
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Dodo Kopold
For me, alpine style means more than reaching a summit. Himalayan climbing has a long history. It is important to know the history of the wall where you climb. Alpine style is the cleanest style and the future of climbing lies in this style. |
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Doug Scott, b. 1941, Great Britain
Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on the eight-thousanders will miss all that. They are wasting the best years of their climbing lives. |
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Jeff Lowe, b. 1950, USA
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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Jim Bridwell
In addition to the first one day assent of El Capitan, The Nose in 1975 Yosemite, Jim Bridwell is credited with over 100 First Ascents in Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park was his training ground. |
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John Gill, b. 1937, USA
Each year, the approach of summer rejuvenates me. Academic activities and their attendant social vexations are swept by a cleansing mental tide, and I contemplate the rhapsodic days of solitary climbing that lie ahead. In the best spirit of play I remove myself from undertakings that have purpose, and I focus only on one that has meaning. |
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Johnny Dawes, b. 1963, Great Britain
Johnny Dawes is a rock’n’roll guru, a dancer in the vertical plane. If it were just our souls that went climbing then he would be the best there’s ever been.
Ed Douglas |
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Josune Bereziartu, b.1972, Spain
It was one of the “breaking barriers” especially for my mind. Hiena and my first 8c route (Honky Tonky) were both hardest times in my climbing career that I remember. After doing Hiena, 8a, my mind got free and without pressure I was capable to climb many 8a´s really quickly …Even the first 8a+ came relatively easy… |
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Lynn Hill, b. 1961, USA
I have been all over the world and have had the fortune of doing things with many special people, some famous, some anonymous. But the biggest little hero I’ve ever known is Lynn Hill. The rest of us are just holding her rope. - John Long, 2002 |
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Martina Èufar
Most of all it is a great line on the central part of Misja Peè which has a great name. The name of the route is very important to me, and Vizija somehow sounds optimistic for my future climbing. |
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Mick Fowler, b. 1956, Great Britain
Without doubt he’s the finest mixed climber I’ve ever climbed with. He’s got this wonderful ability to rock climb and has a good nose for protection. But his great strength is being able to laugh when he’s frightened. That’s something I learned from him and it changed the way I look at climbing. |
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