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The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
Tommy Caldwell
Top 10 Best Quotes
“If you don't own your grunt work, can you really say you've done the climb?”
“I've always loved the idea that passion breeds success. I now realize, much to my chagrin, that telling someone who doesn't feel the fire to simply follow his passion is a little like telling someone who doesn't have any legs to run to the fridge and get you a sandwich.”
“Life is all about risk and reward. Better to have struggled, to have tried, than to not have seized an opportunity at all.”
“I believe human relationships can and should follow the mind-set of adventure, defined not by climbing but by its greater meaning: embracing the unknown. In remaining open to others, you gain knowledge, and your perspective of life and of the world expands.”
“Dad always taught me that it’s not what happens to you, it’s how you deal with it.”
“A great adventure without success is far superior to a climb where everything goes as planned.”
“I feel a hint of pity for those who don’t get to experience the crisp air and excitement of mountain climbing. Are they ever really awake?”
“How do we build grit in our children? For my dad and me, it was a combination of bribery and exposure to minor traumatic experiences.”
“Through the struggle and bone-pulsing exhaustion a profound clarity had emerged, as if I had tapped into a place inside too often forgotten, where you are stripped bare and granted a glimpse into who you truly are. A place where you could look at the impossible and make it real. I’d never been so alive.”
“The rhythm of moving through the mountains has a way of wearing away the rough edges of the ego.”
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mountains, motivation, climbing-mountains, work-ethic