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Chris Bonington Quotes

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.

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.

Chris Bonington
Climbing, Horizon, Looks

The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.

Chris Bonington
Wind, Soul, Mind
Chris Bonington (1973). “The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World”, Scarborough House

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.

Chris Bonington
Nature, Travel, Block

If you're going climbing with young people, you get very, very used to seeing your climbing partner as a tiny little dot.

Chris Bonington
Climbing, People, Littles

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