Alex Lowe Quotations

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.

There are two kinds of climbers, those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.

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.

I think climbing is less a sport and more a hobby, and as such, I think everybody's a beginning climber.

The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun.

Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them.

It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.

This trip is about friendship, being in the hills with good friends and focusing on everyone's goals and aspirations.

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.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

You never know everything there is to know about climbing; the mountains are too varied and the weather changes too often.

The autumn show is definitely going to be the event of the year in Enfield.

I often start into these trips knowing that there's an underlying purpose that transcends merely climbing a peak.