Chris Bonington famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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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 Bonington
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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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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Climbing is what I do.
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Being on Ozzfest has been a great way for us to break out and show metal fans that we have a heavy side.
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The boring side of business is what makes it work.
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This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Pluto, its moons and this part of the solar system are such mysteries that New Horizons will rewrite all of the textbooks.
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I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.
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Maybe we all want to burn off across the horizon, into space, perhaps, to take off into some unknown territory and meet ourselves out there.
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The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.
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It’s amazing how things could change so quickly, in the blink of an eye. Maybe more miracles awaited on the horizon.
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