Top 17 Quotes by Alex Lowe

There's only one way to gain mountain sense, and that's to be in the mountains a lot. Unfortunately, when you're a young climber, you have none. You're out there, and your risk level is high.

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

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

The best climber is the one who has the most fun.

I happily claim expertise in no single aspect of climbing, which is what has kept the passion burning hot all these years.

I've definitely got lists of things I'd love to accomplish as a climber. But let's face it: The world's full of climbers, and the realm of unexplored, unclimbed peaks is shrinking rapidly.

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

Climbing is a journey without culmination.

Climbing, for me, is all about solving the magnitude of the problem. The best projects are the ones with big question marks hanging over them.

I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.