#climbing

This obsession is a curious thing. Sometimes wonder about the merits of devoting so much of myself to a singular climbing objective. Much of the time it beats me down, leaves me hanging my head in despair. But then there are the moments that bring me to life. When excitement wells up inside my chest in a way that doesn’t happen in every day life. Today my fingertips were cracked and bleeding. I made no progress despite great conditions. Now I am on the ground and can hardly contain my excitement to get back on the wall. It’s a crazy rollercoaster and I owe my family and partners a great deal for encouraging me through it all. ↗

— Tommy Caldwell

#encouragement #obsession #perseverance #rock-climbing #family

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#climbing #done #floating #grand #grand canyon

I say we are climbing out of a ditch and we are climbing up. ↗

— Tim Kaine

#ditch #i #out #say #up

People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor's new clothes out there, whether they're female or male solo acts. That bothers me. It's hard to break through, and it's like climbing Mount Everest if you actually do. ↗

— Paula Cole

#actually #become #bothers #break #climbing

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#climbing #determines #efficiency #ladder #leadership

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees. ↗

— Frances Perkins

#bothered #climbing #me #only #trees

If you really want to eat, keep climbing. The fruits are on the top of the tree. Stretch your hands and keep stretching them. Success is on the top, keep going. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#actions #believe #believe-and-achieve #climb #eat

I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending. Maybe that's kept me young. I haven't gotten to any peak yet. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#any #better #climbing #descending #even

I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike! ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#also #archery #climbing #combat #done

I was so grateful to have made 'Into the Wild' before I made 'Speed Racer' because on 'Speed Racer' I was indoors every single day, every single scene, on a green screen. Some of the time, just to pass the time, I would think back to climbing mountains in Alaska. That really helped me. ↗

— Emile Hirsch

#back #because #before #climbing #day