Yi So-Yeon Quotes

It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.

I think, as a young guy, I was always drawn to being in wild places. Climbing was a logical extension of that.

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

I spent the night on a sliver of rock high up on the east face of Long's Peak, climbing with Tom Frost, and slept at the icy feet of the Dru, listening to the lightning crack above me and the thunder roll down. I only did it to write about it. I would never go up on the Grotto Wall for fun.

I'll try anything once. It's always good to see peoples' faces surprised - surprised that I race, or that I surf, that I trekked through the Himalayas. As long as I don't die, I'm good.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

I am immediately disinterested when I hear mountain-climbing stories.

In 2012, I promised myself I'd do something each month I'd never done before. So I skydived. I did trapeze lessons. I rode a motorcycle... All stuff that I'd never done.

Today, to find a challenge is really hard. In the Alps, everything is done. The new lines, almost all of them are finished. So to find a new challenge, it's all beginning to go to speed.

I'm never going to go and test myself on Everest, but I sort of understand the psychology of people who might want to.

Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.

I'd rather climb Everest than go for a walk in the park.

I suppose that the main drive is to find the edge of something and then throw myself over it.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.

I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

The moment somebody says 'this is very risky' is the moment it becomes attractive to me.

Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.

I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.