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Most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.
Climbing is this lifestyle activity that really works every muscle in your body.
All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.
What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.
There's only a handful of chicks in the world who can climb big walls on my level.
There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest.
The climbing as a whole is not very esthetic or enjoyable; it is merely difficult.
I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.
I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.
You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think!
I enjoy every climb - maybe it's because it's a literal dance between life and death.
One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon.
You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.
The artist Nature often achieves greatest effect when not working with a full palette.
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
I don't think of myself as a grading barometer and I doubt if any climber could be one.
When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained.
Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
Sport climbing is a lot like sport f*#king. It's a lot of fun and requires no commitment.
The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex.
In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.
I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.
The best climbers have the will to hold on. They won't give up and keep trying over and over.
I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
It takes a lot of resources to climb Everest, and a lot of other people. But you should go do it.
A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.
I'm not nostalgic for my glory days in college. It was lame for me. Probably because I had no friends.
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward.
The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.
When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.
Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.
The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong - that's when adventure starts
Pretty much every gym I go into, I feel very comfortable. I dump my stuff, take my shoes off, do my thing.
In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not.
Authorities arrest me, release me, and then invite me back to host public events. I think it's interesting.
I've walked away from more climbs than I can count, just because I sensed that things were not quite right.
You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.
The compression of time one experiences when you're a small person underneath this huge avalanche is amazing.
Keep it fun. Don't take it too seriously. At the same time, when you do feel inspired, take it seriously, too.
I think, as a young guy, I was always drawn to being in wild places. Climbing was a logical extension of that.
Filming typically takes a bit away from the climbing experience, since you have to stop all the time and shoot.
I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.
Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.
We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.
You have a whole life in the outdoors, you realize you have a sense of responsibility to protect these wild places.
There are two worlds: the world where nothing is sacred except money, an the other world, where everything is sacred.
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.