Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.

Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity

Rise early. Fix a time-table to which you must try to keep. One seldom regrets having made an early start, but one always regrets having set off too late; first for reasons of safety-the adage 'it is later than you think is very true in the mountains-but also because of the strange beauty of the moment: the day comes to replace the night, the peaks gradually lighten, it is the hour of mystery but also of hope. Setting off by lantern-light, witnessing the birth of a new day as one climbs to meet the sun, this is a wonderful experience

Rain is disagreeable, but snow is as much part of the mountain as are sunshine and clear skies.

L'alpiniste est un homme qui conduit son corps là où, un jour, ses yeux ont regardé. Et qui revient.

Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.

A la Verte on devient montagnard.