The Quotable Climber

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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Awesome book. I recommend this book to any climber, mountaineer and outdoorsman in general. This would be THE book to have in your tent with you during incliment weather when you are tent-bound. Jonathan Waterman does an excellent job arranging the various quotes under different families and opens each chapter with a witty experience from his own adventures. This is one of my favorite books in my library. BUY IT NOW!

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Summary: Fun read!
Review: Great collection of climbing quotes. If you're a climber, or want to try to understand someone who is; here's an interesting collection of quotes from climbers. Range from inspirational quotes, to the irreverant.

Rating:
Summary: Fun read!
Review: Great collection of climbing quotes. If you're a climber, or want to try to understand someone who is; here's an interesting collection of quotes from climbers. Range from inspirational quotes, to the irreverant.

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Summary: The best things ever spoken and written about climbing.
Review: In THE QUOTABLE CLIMBER, one of our preeminent adventure writers has collected some of the most fascinating, evocative, and humorous comments on the subject. In these pages you will find pithy sayings from the best writers in the field--Jon Krakauer, Heinrich Harrer, Maurice Herzog, Joe Simpson, Miriam Underhill, and Peter Boardman, to name a few--as well as obscure and uncensored witticisms from the many world-class mountaineers known more for their climbing than for their tact. In addition, there are observations from notable non-climbers such as William Shakespeare, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Albert Einstein, D.H. Lawrence,and Theodore Roosevelt.

Derived from hundreds of books, as well as magazines, journals, the Internet, remembered lectures, and even videotapes, these entries proffer one-of-a-kind insights into the romantcisim, motivation, and discipline of climbing. With selections that explore the tragedies and triumphs as well as acts of profound will and sacrifice, this is truly a book that will both inspire and enlighten.

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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: This book is awesome. I literally read every quote in one sitting. I was either gasping in pain, laughing out loud, or in awe of the common understandings of climbers around the world. I definitley recommend the book!