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The nourishment of Cezanne's awkward apples is in the tenderness and alertness they awaken inside us.

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Walter Bonatti

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.

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For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism. Some people see no more in climbing mountains than an escape from the harsh realities of modern times. This is not only uninformed but unfair. I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

Aesthetics, Climbing, Essence, People, Real

The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul.

Climbing, Like, Men, Sincere, Soul

If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves.

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We [climbers] demonstrate in the most stunning way of all - at the risk of our lives - that there is no limit to the effort man can demand of himself. This quality is the basis of all human achievementit can never be proved enough. I consider that we climbers - that I - serve all humanity. We prove that there is no limit to what man can do.

Effort, Humanity, Limit, Men, Prove, Serve

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

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