To kick off my first post I thought I'd give you some of my favorite #mountaineering and #mountain #quotes, some funny, some sad.

The word ‘adventure’ has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong — that’s when the adventure starts (Yvon Chouinard)

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement (Evan Hardin)

One gains nothing worth having on mountains without paying for it; beyond the snowline minor hardships will always be met in a small tent and, the sooner a man is trained to rise above them the better (W.H Murray)

The best climber in the world is the one who's having the most fun (Alex Lowe)

To qualify for mountain rescue work, you have to pass our test. The doctor holds a flashlight to your ear. If he can see light coming out the other one, you qualify (Willy Pfisterer)

The mountains will always be there, the trick is to make sure you are too (Hervey Voge)

If you dont let go, you cant fall off! (Jerry Moffatt)

Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence (Hermann Buhl)

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment (Evan Hardin)

In the mountains there are only two grades: You can either do it, or you can't (Rusty Baille)

Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end (Edward Whymper)

It's a round trip. Getting to the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory (Ed Viesturs)

It's not advisable to drink too much strong liquors while climbing in the Alps. If, however, you are going to fall over a cliff, it's advisable to be thoroughly intoxicated when you do so (English alpinist)

Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain. . . . Climbing at altitude is like hitting your head against a brick wall - it's great when you stop (Chris Darwin)

MEN WANTED...For Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success (Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Advert)

On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility. Here for a few days we have ceased to be slaves and have really been men. It is hard to return to servitude (Lionel Terray)

I suggest going out to the nearest pub and getting completely, and utterly, wasted. Make sure you smoke at least 1 pack of unfiltered Camel's. Get the full ashtray, pour a drink in it and then pour the mixture into a water bottle. When you get home (ideally around 3:30am) stick the vile mixture into your freezer. Put on your best goretex and thermal layer. Climb in. At 5:30am, get out, drink (chew?) the mixture and go run the biggest flight of stairs you can find. Run until your heart threatens to explode. Your dehydration caused by the alcohol should adequately simulate what you may experience at higher altitudes. Your lung capacity should be sufficiently impaired by the smokes to simulate a oxygen poor environment. The freezer episode should adequately replicate a bivy. Drinking the booze/butt mixture should simulate your lack of appetite..... Oh — once your finished your workout, go to work (to replicate the long walk out) (Greg Hamilton suggesting the feeling of climbing at altitude)