A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

A first ascent is a creation in the same sense as is a painting or a song

The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength.

A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.

I had the unique experience the next day: placing sixteen bolts in a row. It was just blank and there was no way around. But it was a route worth bolting for, and after a time I began to take an almost perverse joy in it, or at least in doing a good job.

Better we raise our skill than lower the climb