Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
– Alex Lowe
Climbing, when I first started 20, 25 years ago, was a much smaller community. And I think climbers were seen to be sort of iconoclastics of the social misfits, so we all tended to coalesce a little more, maybe, than climbers do today.
– Alex Lowe
I often start into these trips knowing that there's an underlying purpose that transcends merely climbing a peak.
– Alex Lowe
I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber.
– Alex Lowe
Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.
– Alex Lowe
Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them.
– Alex Lowe
It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.
– Alex Lowe
It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.
– Alex Lowe
Rather than being a risk-taker as such, I consider myself and my climbing peers to be risk-controllers, and we just enjoy being in this situation and keeping risk at a reasonable level.
– Alex Lowe
The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun.
– Alex Lowe
There are two kinds of climbers, those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.
– Alex Lowe
This trip is about friendship, being in the hills with good friends and focusing on everyone's goals and aspirations.
– Alex Lowe
When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.
– Alex Lowe
You never know everything there is to know about climbing; the mountains are too varied and the weather changes too often.