Mountain Trekking Quotes

I was making a film called The White Tower at the foot of Mont Blanc - the one thing I learned from that experience was that it's more difficult to go down a mountain than to go up. A lot of people don't realize that.

I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

We spent a few days up Ben Nevis, which is the biggest mountain in the U.K., and there was one day when we had to make a decision whether we were going to go to the summit or not. It was already getting dark, but we made the call to go and made the summit, but as soon as we got there, this blizzard just hit.

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.

Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded.

I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.

Ninety per cent of the tourists climbing big mountains are on 10 mountains - and one million mountains in the world are empty.

My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah.

Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.

I'm actually banned from the Himalayas, because I'm too good at yoga.