“No memories are more enduring than of moments when a strenuous effort culminates in an unexpected view.”

“We are all to a greater or lesser extent creatures of fashion, many a direct result of profound changes occurring in the world. Today hiking and climbing have entered a new phase. Exclusive traditions, once cherished by a small cult, are disappearing before the onrush of ramblers of more casual spirit.... Men have not removed the romance from mountains by climbing them, and the use of technical equipment doesn’t dull human perceptions.”

“Loveliness is paid for partly in the currency of suffering.”