Lincoln Hall famous quotes

I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of the experience, at a sustained level. The experience is incredibly intense because it is so dangerous.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Sports #Climbing #Judgement

Keep your eyes wide open in the darkest of times. Only then you can rely on shooting stars.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Wisdom #Stars #Eye

The mountain is a mirror, where climbers look to find themselves. They discover their frailty, take heart from their strengths, drink deep of the insights.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Wisdom #Heart #Mirrors

These days I love to take in the sunset because every time I do so I remember how lucky I am to be alive. That's a great relationship to have with the setting sun.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Wisdom #Sunset #Lucky

Climbing had captured my soul.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Adventure #Climbing #Soul

As climbers, we need to sacrifice our comfort, our safety, and arguably our sanity, as a tithe to the mountain...We need the mountains but the mountains do not need us.
-- Lincoln Hall

#Adventure #Sacrifice #Safety

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.

Anyone need advice on making the transition from 5.12 to 5.11?

When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over.

Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it.

We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.

Imagination is vital to precautionary judgement.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.