Master of the Black Tower. Quotes about mountains, travel and wildlife - my collection There were no majestic mountains here
I have never seen anything less like an earthly landscape. And she was glad when the soaring horses reached the top of the slope and trotted into the valley. There were no stately houses, no gardens, only rocks and brown, dead heather. Once there was a herd of sheep with black noses. At last we passed a tiny hamlet, low, thatched houses huddled flat on the rocky ground. Then we climbed the last slope, and before my frightened eyes appeared the appearance of Blacktower.
From the top of the slope we came upon a wide plateau strewn with gravel, and proceeded past the powerful walls into a courtyard lit by flaming torches. Mrs. Cannon woke up, got out of her cloak and hurried to the door.
The door led into a corridor with a stone floor, which was even colder than outside. From time to time we could smell the kitchen, which convinced me that we were in the back of the house, not far from the kitchen. Mrs. Cannon trotted briskly ahead of me, passing corridor after corridor, and at last we proceeded through the doors into the hall at the entrance to the house. Wooden floors were laid here on wild stone; moreover, there were carpets, for which my cold ankles were quite grateful. There was a heavy oak door in one of the walls, which probably led to the front door, where the carriages drove up. A nice staircase led to the second floor.
“We only use the west wing,” Mrs. Cannon explained puffing as she climbed the steps. “The rest of the house is in ruins, and besides, it's too, too big.
But the western wing alone seemed to me quite immense. The corridors here were also carpeted and lit by candles in wall brackets.
Finally Mrs. Cannon stopped in front of one of the doors and opened it.
- This is my room. No, don't sit down, my dear, I'll see if all the necessary arrangements are made for you.
She yanked the bell, and soon one of the maids answered its ringing. The girl was young, strong, her hair was decorated with linen braid, and she was dressed in a dark house dress with a white apron and cap. Her plump rosy face might have been considered pretty if she weren't so sullen.
“Come in and close the door,” Mrs. Cannon ordered her sharply. “Miss Gordon, this young girl's name is Betty. She will respond to your call just as she would to my own. Come on, you stupid girl! she added, and for a moment I thought the words were referring to me. “What room have you prepared for Miss Gordon?”
- Red room, mom.
- Fits perfectly. Come on, Betty, don't stand there with your mouth open; show Miss Gordon the red room.
The old lady had already settled down by the fire, with both plump legs resting on the grate. I got up, not in the least surprised by her impertinence; I already knew that Mrs. Cannon was a kind woman, but concerned primarily with her own convenience and comfort.
When I was already moving towards the door, she muttered through her drowsiness:
“I will dine here, Miss Gordon. Join me? Betty will bring you...
I thanked her heartily, but I think the old lady had fallen asleep before the door closed behind me.
The Red Room, which was three doors down the hall from Mrs. Cannon's, was as cheerful as its name. A fire danced in the hearth, casting warm reflections on the cream-coloured curtains and canopy of the bed. The floor was covered with a bright Turkish carpet.
Betty barely closed the door behind us, and it immediately opened again. A despondent-looking servant entered the room without knocking, threw my luggage on the floor without ceremony, and departed.
After unpacking my luggage, I pulled a chair over to the fire and sank into it with a sigh of relief. Warmed up, I was almost dozing off when Betty returned.
“If you like, miss, I came to ask if you would like me to help you change your clothes?”
I am dressed, thank you. If Mrs. Cannon is dining with all the ceremonies, she will have to excuse me.
- The owner sent to say that you will dine with him.
The owner, indeed, I thought. My first reaction was protest. I was about to open my mouth to say that I was too tired to endure a grand dinner tonight. But then I realized that it was just naivety. I was not Mr. Hamilton's guest, I was in his service. The invitation contained an order.
Somewhat stubbornly, I dressed in my best dress, though its low neckline and short sleeves left my shoulders bare and exposed to the cold. But in any case, the black moiré went very well with my hair, and the skirt rustled when I moved. I combed my hair up into a high crown and let some of the curls fall over my shoulders.
When I turned away from the dim reflection in the mirror, Betty gaped at me.
- Does it suit me? I asked with a smile.
You look so pretty, miss!
I was right. She turned out to be quite pretty.
Shivering from the cold, I followed Betty into the living room. It was nice to know that in this house I had already found a response in someone's soul, even if it was the soul of a maid. However, the living room surprised me. Usually this is a room reserved for women, but this one did not contain any exquisite Dresden porcelain statuettes or colored curtains. The furniture was old-fashioned and massive, rough-hewn and blackened by antiquity. The walls were hung with engravings of hunting scenes and bristled with the antlers of poor dead deer. Strangely, it was only then that I first thought of Mr. Gavin Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton had a daughter, so he must have had a wife at one time or another. Obviously he was a widower. But I kept wondering why his wife never tried to furnish this room differently.
I hardly took my eyes off the stunning sight of Mrs. Cannon in evening dress to curtsey to my host. He hasn't changed; he was still wearing the same traveling frock coat and the same heavy boots that I had seen him in last night. He asked me about how I endured the trip, and I replied that it was good enough, although this, apparently, was superfluous. The conversation stalled. Mr. Hamilton devoted all his attention to the stout decanter. Mrs. Cannon looked at him like a loyal dog who doesn't know exactly what is expected of her, while I warmed my feet by the fire.
We were invited to dinner by a rather strange man, ugly looking, dressed in a dirty Scottish skirt and jacket. The tartan on the skirt intrigued me as I thought it was the traditional colors of the Hamiltons, but I couldn't quite make out the design because of the dirt. An old servant led the procession, carrying a massive silver candelabrum, and we followed him into the older part of the house. The corridor, with its stone floor and stone walls, looked like a long cavern. It was pierced by icy drafts that made the candle flames dance wildly. I felt like I was walking ankle deep in snow. Finally, the old man leaned his shoulder against the massive paneled door, and we entered the dining room.
In the old house, this must have been the main hall. There were candles on the table, which was long enough to seat thirty guests at once, but they gave too little light to overcome the impressive cavernous gloom of the room. Ceiling beams were lost in blackness, something shaped like a giant web hung from them.
The food that had to be carried through all those cold corridors from the kitchen to the west wing came to our table already cold. Mr. Hamilton did not seem to take any notice of this. He spoke animatedly about the antiquities of the castle, and what I at first took for cobwebs turned out to be tattered flags and banners of the Hamiltons of old. The owner also pointed me to the portraits on the walls. I was ready to assume that they were there, but I could not see them. My legs turned to ice. As soon as I could, I immediately began to signal to Mrs. Cannon, showing that I was exhausted, and hoping that by picking up my signal, she would guess that we could both retire and leave Mr. Hamilton alone with his wine. But she sat with her eyes closed, with the most indefinite smile. I started to get up.
Until 1812, this ancient city in Jordan was lost to the modern world. Magnificent Petra, carved by skilled architects right into the rocks, strikes with an incredible play of light and shadow: local temples, local houses and passages in the rocks are made of red sandstone, which creates such an effect. Among the red sandstones of the desert, the city carved into the rock looks like a real fairy tale.
This is a journey that will never be forgotten. But how did the ancient people manage to build such a majestic structure?
It is known that the tribe of Nabataeans by the first century of our era became the most skillful masters of stone work. The name Petra itself is translated from Greek as a stone.
The whole city seems to be hidden in the narrow canyon of the Siq. You can get to the territory of Petra only through the gorges located in the north and south. From the east and west, the city is reliably protected by sheer cliffs, the height of which reaches sixty meters.
The famous Pharaoh's Treasury Al-Khazneh was originally a temple of the goddess Isis. This mausoleum is considered the greatest example of ancient architecture - architects still do not understand exactly how the Nabataeans managed to carve out such an incredible structure without the use of scaffolding.
Another amazing building is located outside the city. Ad Deir - The rock temple is a monumental building that is entirely carved into the mountain.
For centuries, trade routes brought incredible money to Petra. From the Persian Gulf, caravans loaded with spices flocked here, and on the way to Damascus, merchants brought precious stones and silks to Petra. The discovery by the Romans of the sea route to the East was the beginning of the end of the great city: the land trade in spices dried up and Petra gradually became empty.
Alas, only these architectural monuments remained from the former wealth and splendor of the Nabataean Empire. near the walls of the once greatest city in the region, Bedouins graze their goats, and enterprising Arabs ride rich Americans on camels.
Only for the Bedouins, Petra is not a miracle, but a simple business. Every year, millions of tourists from all over the world flock to Jordan just to see this splendor with their own eyes.
For many years now I have been collecting interesting quotes from travelers, climbers, and explorers on outdoor topics.
All this is mainly accumulated “on the table”, although sometimes it is used.
So, for example, we made a package for ours with some quotes from my collection.
But still, the bulk is “dead weight” and does not work, although many quotes, as the quintessence of the experience and views on the life of people who are great and understand firsthand in matters of travel, mountaineering, human interaction with wildlife and mountains, can be useful and interesting to many.
Some quotes can make you smile because of their naivety, for example, I liked Maurice Herzog's statement about Annapurna, and I took it to my collection. Words about the mountain were said even before the expedition to this eight-thousander began, in Russian translation they sound like this:
"As for Annapurna... this peak is easily accessible and that is why it is of only limited sporting interest."© Maurice Herzog
It is difficult to agree with this statement now, knowing that Annapurna is one of the most difficult and dangerous eight-thousanders of the planet.
Some quotes bear the imprint of the era, are the product of their time and personify the development and ideas of society, which we can look at through the prism of achievements known to us. As an example, the openly racist quote by Robert Peary
“One intelligent white man should be at the head, two whites, invited to the expedition because of their courage, determination, physical endurance and devotion to the leader, should be the arms, and dog drivers and other local residents should be the body and legs of the expedition. For the peace of mind of men, it is necessary to take women on a journey; besides this, they are in many respects as useful as men, and in strength and endurance they are often almost as good as them.
But of particular value, I think, are the thoughts expressed by great travelers, climbers and investigators on issues of preparation, organization and safety. Very often, one well-aimed and strong phrase uttered by an honored person can give much more to understand the essence of the issue than voluminous articles and wordy explanations.
My favorite quote from these is by Roald Amundsen and goes like this:
"Expedition is preparation"
In just three words, the great polar explorer was able to express the main success of any business.
Quotes about mountains and mountaineering
“In the mountains, you need to depend only on yourself, on your own strength, so it’s immoral to expect someone to help you at high altitude.” © Anatoly Bukreev
"Mountains are not stadiums where I fulfill my ambitions, they are temples where I practice my religion." © Anatoly Bukreev
“Mountains have the power to call us to their lands, this is no longer a passion, this is my destiny…” © Anatoly Bukreev
“Better mountains can only be mountains,
Which I haven't been to yet."
"Everyone needs something exceptional in an era when money can have everything." © Reinhold Messner
“A person learns through defeat, not victory, as it may seem. In order to correctly assess the situation, you need to know your limit and it can only be determined in practice. I have had failures on thirteen eight-thousanders and I want to be remembered as the mountaineer with the most failures. Records didn't interest me. If I had not failed at Dhaulagiri, Makalu and Lhotse, I would have perished long ago. I love challenges, but I know how to retreat in time. ” © Reinhold Messner
"If you go to the mountains where there is no danger, you are not a real climber." © Reinhold Messner
“Mountaineering is an archaic world, devoid of rules, and that is why the price of a mistake here is very high. The anarchy reigning around forces the climber to take responsibility for his own life. Every difficult ascent is deadly, and in that sense, mountaineering is deeply selfish.” © Reinhold Messner
“Neither am I of the opinion that a climber who dies while climbing automatically becomes a hero. The death of a climber is a tragedy. No more no less. And the only thing that can be done for the dead is to help their loved ones.” © Reinhold Messner
“For a person suffering from stress, lost in an expanding civilization, the mountains have become a kind of “playing space”, in which he can be enriched with experiences and feelings that are not available to him in everyday, everyday life. Game space, game, rules of the game. Owning them is the only condition for fully enjoying an exciting lifestyle: mountaineering.” © Reinhold Messner
“Only climbers know how much willpower and courage it takes to retreat where there is at least something that would justify moving up.” © Reinhold Messner
"I'm a happy person. I had a dream, and it came true, and this rarely happens to a person. Climbing Mount Everest - my people call it Chomolungma - was the innermost desire of my whole life. Seven times I set to work; I failed and started again, again and again, not with the bitterness that leads a soldier to the enemy, but with love, like a child climbing onto its mother's lap. © Tenzing Norgay
“I hate grumbling and clashing over petty things when it comes to great things. When people go to the mountains, they should forget about molehills. Whoever goes to a great cause must have a great soul.” © Tenzing Norgay
“For the opportunity to go to Everest, I would accept any job, from a dishwasher to a yeti driver.” © Tenzing Norgay
“... I trained hard, trying to restore my form. I got up early in the morning, loaded my backpack with stones, took long walks in the hills around the city - this was my habit for a number of years before large expeditions. I didn't smoke, I didn't drink, I avoided feasts, which I usually like very much. And all this time I was thinking, planning, making assumptions about how my seventh trip to Everest would go. “This time you must conquer the summit,” I told myself, “Conquer or perish ..” © Tenzing Norgay
“Future generations will ask: “What kind of people first ascended to the top of the world?” And I would like the answer to be one that I don't have to be ashamed of. Everest: the highest point of not just one country, but the whole world. It was taken by the people of East and West together. He belongs to all of us. And I also want to belong to everyone, to be a brother to all people…” © Tenzing Norgay
“The summit cannot be conquered. You stand on it for a few minutes, and then the wind sweeps away your traces. © Arlen Bloom
“You never conquer a mountain. You just stand on the top a few moments. Then the wind blows your footprints away." © Arlene Blum
“For most people, mountains are something majestic, but far from everyday life, that is, perfect harmony.” © Ueli Steck
“I often get scared, although no one believes it. But when is a person not afraid? When he does not know something or overestimates his abilities. Fortunately, this - for me to overestimate myself - did not happen to me ... ”© Uli Steck
“First of all, love the mountains. You need to know the mountains, respect them and not think that you will shower them with hats. With the mountains you need to be on "you". Whether it is a peak of the 1b category or a route of the highest category. ” © Vladimir Shataev
“I can look up at a mountain for hours. It may seem strange, but I am talking to a mountain. I try to understand whether she is waiting for me or not, will she let me in or not. © Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
“Sometimes I think that's why I go to the mountains to understand how dear gray everyday life is to me. Returning to experience the taste of a cup of hot tea after days of thirst, sleep after many sleepless nights, meeting friends after a long solitude, silence after hours spent in a terrible storm. © Wanda Rutkevich
"I'm not going to conquer the mountains - they are as much a part of the world as people are. I conquer myself." © Wanda Rutkevich
“Mountains are the way, the end is the man himself. The ultimate meaning is not in the achievement of mountain peaks, but in the improvement of man. Climbing makes sense only if the person remains in the focus of attention.” © Walter Bonnati
“I think every climber has many reasons to climb the Matterhorn. But the main reason for everyone is the same: to climb the Matterhorn” © Gaston Rebbufa
“Rising to the top, a person elevates himself and his soul, his heart and his dream. As far as the eye can see, the country of snow and rocks spreads out before him in silence and mystery. Mountains are a special world, they form part of the planet, like a mysterious, isolated kingdom, where the symbol of life is will and love. ” © Gaston Rebbufa
"Tien Shan is not a place for climbing fun!" © Gottfried Merzbacher
“A woman for a climber is the main danger. We all know this unscrupulous truth.” © Maurice Herzog
“Having crossed the limits of our powers, knowing the boundaries of the human world, we realized the true greatness of Man” © Maurice Herzog
"No victory could ever justify a deliberate game of human lives." © Maurice Herzog
"As for Annapurna... this peak is easily accessible and that is why it is of only limited sporting interest." © Maurice Herzog 1950
“I live like in a dream. Death is near, I feel. What a beautiful death for a climber! How it harmonizes with the noble passion that rules our souls! I am grateful to the summit for being so beautiful today. Her silence recalls the grandeur of a cathedral. I don't suffer at all and I don't worry. My peace of mind is terrible." © Maurice Herzog 4 June 1950.
“From time to time, at least for cheerfulness, it is useful to look up. Down, on the contrary, it is not recommended to look, since the sight of these terrifying abysses can shake the firmness of the spirit of any optimist. © Maurice Herzog
“Mountains call those whose soul is their size!” © V.L. Belilovsky
© V.L. Belilovsky
“A good climber should not only be healthy, he should be quirky and cunning, guided by one thought - to survive ...” © Vitaly Gorelik
"My partners had to be strong, humble, fast and always optimistic." © Simone Moreau
“Randomness and risk are part of our lives. In love, work, sports, etc. we take risks every day of our lives. Climbing in the mountains, of course, is much more risky than office work, but I am not attracted to a safe life instead of a deep and fulfilling one ... I prefer to be happy every day of my 36 years than to be happy on Sundays for 80 years ... ”© Simone Moro
"It's important for me to come back safe and sound, whether I win or lose, although that term isn't particularly appropriate for those who come down from above." © Simone Moreau
“Even if I have to use it, I hate climbing with oxygen. These are dishonest and unsportsmanlike climbs, and therefore I go again to those mountains where I climbed with oxygen ... ”© Simone Moreau
“Easy, fast style and a small team - that's what I love about climbing. Why? This is a more athletic and fair game between the climber and the mountain. I respect, but do not like, the attack of the peaks by large teams ... " © Simone Moro
“An ice ax and crampons instead of claws, boots and clothes complement the woolen and fatty cover, a tent instead of a cave or a hole. And oxygen is a change in nature itself, the environment .... And one more comparison - about divers. Can you dive 200 meters without scuba gear? That's right - no. And no one can, however, everyone admits that these are ABSOLUTELY different sports. And about mountaineering, for some reason, everyone is sure that there is not much difference. Paradox?" © Denis Urubko
“In general, all the most difficult moments in the mountains, however, as in ordinary life, occur in consciousness, in overcoming oneself and in relationships between people. Frost, wind, height - all this is just an attribute, the specificity of a sport, which is only a background for knowing oneself and one's friends. Everything “extreme” is changing, forgotten, but experience and feelings remain.” © Denis Urubko
“We will all be THERE ... but I want to push the deadline for leaving “as far as possible”. And for this you need to control every step, act alphabetically competently, learn from the masters. © Denis Urubko
“I believe that mountaineering should be fun, even when it gets really tight, and even when someone has to pay for the challenge. After all, if we are willing to pay such a price, then mountaineering really brings pleasure.” © Chris Bonington
“Society is very unfair to women climbers and climbing mothers. There is no such attitude towards male climbers who risk their lives in the mountains, leaving their families at home - and the public often condemns mothers who want to climb. In my opinion, both parents are equally important for the child, and therefore I do not see the difference, whether the father or mother is mountaineers!” © Edurne Pasaban
“To turn into a situation where, it would seem, there is nothing particularly dangerous is sometimes a heroic deed. Such feats are only for you. Do them. Turn back, but get the opportunity to come back here again. Not a single mountain is worth a single fingernail! © Nikolai Totmyanin
"The mountains! Their snow-white, dazzling domes against the background of unthinkable blue and deep blue - are they not a symbol of a human dream, the call of which has been disturbing daring souls for centuries? And isn’t each of us given his own height in the chosen work? © Mikhail Turkevich
“The higher and more difficult the peak, the more friends you meet on its slopes, no matter where in the world it is located.” © Mikhail Turkevich
“We stood on the highest peak of the planet. We climbed into this sky, overcoming frost and wind, lack of oxygen and low pressure. They climbed here, risking every minute to break, to fall under a rockfall, under an avalanche. We gave our comrades the last sip of the water so coveted here, gave each other the most convenient place in the tents, warmed our neighbor in the bivouac with our warmth, joked and sang songs when the wind tried to blow the tents into the abyss with us ... For the sake of such moments, for the sake of the opportunity to test ourselves , get to know your friends better, reach the limit of the possible and look beyond this limit - for all this it is worth going to the mountains. © Mikhail Turkevich
“Fist-sized stars pulsed above us. They broke and fell to us on the ground. Fantastic Starfall! The moon hung over the very head, and it seemed very easy to reach it with your hand ... ”© Mikhail Turkevich
“What a pleasure it is to contemplate the majestic mountain ranges and be above the clouds! What else in the world can be so whole, so complete, as climbing mountains. © Konrad Gesner
“Here is the concept of front-line brotherhood, there is also the concept of mountaineering brotherhood. It really is. I have a lot of teaching experience. When beginners, after a 20-day stay in the alpine camp, begin to disperse, they literally disperse with tears. Why? People, being in harsh climatic conditions, united by a common idea, communicate, solve a common problem. Help, mutual assistance, just being together - unites people to such an extent that the phenomenon is called brotherhood. As in a war, when people united under the most difficult conditions, doing a significant thing, winning, losing, fighting, dying, etc.
This is an integral part of mountaineering, it is good, it pleases. I am happy that I know all the people that mountaineering has given me. That we were united by an idea. Although it was in different years, in different areas, we have not met for a long time, but what was, you can’t erase from your fate.” © Sergey Bogomolov
“When you stand at the top, especially if it is the top of an eight-thousander, mountains stretch in all directions, as far as the eye can see. It seems that the whole world is ridges covered with eternal snows and nothing else. But we know that this is not so. There, further - the seas and oceans, forests and gardens, beautiful cities ... That's how it is in my life. Mountaineering is a favorite thing, a profession, but besides it, there is family and friends, songs and books, theaters and exhibitions. All this is also very interesting and valuable to me. All this is my life.” © Sergey Bershov
“Always keep a clear head and be prepared to work in any environment and meet any surprise. To do this, you need to prepare comprehensively and constantly. And then you can enjoy the beauty of the mountains and enjoy the climb itself.” © Evgeny Vinogradsky
“I can't give you a new answer why people go to the mountains. Most still go just to climb to the top." © Edmund Hillary
“... The struggle of a person with a peak goes beyond mountaineering in its purely sporting sense. In my eyes, she is a symbol of the struggle of man with the forces of nature; it vividly expresses the continuity of this difficult battle and the solidarity of all who took part in it. … Shortly after our return from Everest, some of us had to talk to a group of students. One of them turned to me with a question: “What is the point of climbing Everest? Were you financially interested or is it just some kind of crazy?” © John Hunt
“Long attempts to conquer a difficult peak can be compared to a relay race, where each team member, having overcome his section of the path, passes the wand to the next one until the entire distance has been covered.” © John Hunt
“As long as the climber adjusts to the mountain, that is mountaineering. When he starts to adapt the mountain for his purposes, it's building work." © John Hunt
"I love peaks as a separate person, as equivalent parts of a big whole." © Herbert Tichy
"The risk must always be justified by something." © Vitaly Abalakov
“Mountaineering is a complex and dangerous multifaceted type of human activity. A rare combination of sophisticated mental and physical work in a very difficult environment. © Vitaly Abalakov
“What gives mountaineering to an individual? a prominent Western climber asked half a century ago and answered this way: “He brings us back to nature, to that element with which most of us have lost direct contact. The desire to rise, boundless, spontaneous - doesn’t it take us away, as if on magic wings, somewhere far from the usual level, and with it from ordinary thoughts? © Evgeny Abalakov
“Now sparkling, joyful, calling, then formidable and angry, calling for single combat, then mysterious, with an elusive veil hiding itself and only for a moment opening with wonderful fantastic visions of a special world, a harsh, beautiful, eternally calling element of mountain peaks.” © Evgeny Abalakov
“You can be the world's greatest climber and be a selfish asshole who doesn't care about your family and friends at the same time. Or you can be the one who tries to learn something from the rivers and mountains, who gets better from there. I'm trying to be that person." © Doug Ammons.
“Climbing for me is one of the forms of knowledge that inspires me, helps me to oppose my inner world to nature. It is a means to experience a state of consciousness where there is no distraction or expectation. This is an intuitive state of being, something that gives me the opportunity to experience moments of true freedom and harmony.” © Lynn Hill
“The colors of mountain sunsets are bright and unique - sometimes scarlet, purple, crimson and crimson, sometimes full of regal brilliance, when it seems that half the sky is filled with molten gold.” © Konstantin Rototaev
“Mountaineering begins where the paths end, and does not end even at the top, because it’s not enough to go up, you also have to go down. On the descent of a climber, severe trials are often guarded. © Nikolai Tikhonov
The path to the heights is open to anyone
Height who will love fearlessly
Where the ice ax rings and where the heart rings
There is born the friendship of the brave!
© Nikolai Tikhonov
“…it matters how you climb, not where you climb. You know, many years ago, we in Yosemite realized that there was nothing upstairs. You climb out, and there are stones and a path down. Therefore, even then it became clear that it was important not where you climbed, but how you did it! And it is this process of “how?” compromises the rampant use of bolts. Or take, for example, Everest. The most terrifying example of the "dead end" of mountaineering development! Dozens of almost permanently installed aluminum staircases, kilometers of railings... Having climbed up, you climbed “something”, but not the Top of the World - Everest.” © Yvon Shoinard
“What matters is what you do here and now. It is important to climb the route having fun and it is not at all important to leave a mark for centuries. Who needs it, this footprint of yours on this rocky wall that mankind does not need? © Yvon Shoinard
“What space! What a charming beauty in all these snow giants, towering up to the sky! What a variety of colors and tones in these fabulous cliffs of an endless chain of mountains, lost somewhere far, far away. How deeply all this touches the soul and heart of man! He is seized by such a feeling of delight, which is beyond human strength to describe. © Sergey Kirov
“I only fear bad weather in the mountains. This is the only thing in the mountains that does not depend on us.” © Junko Tabei
“You have to go to the mountain. It is difficult, but you have to go forward, the mountain itself will not come to the base camp.” © Vladislav Terzyul
“There, at a height, closer to God, a person becomes purer and nobler” © Vladislav Terzyul
“Mountains, mountains! What magnetism is hidden in you! What a symbol of tranquility lies in each sparkling peak! The most daring legends are born near the mountains. The most human words come from the snowy heights. Some people are afraid of the mountains and claim that the mountains choke them. Aren't these people afraid of big things? © Nicholas Roerich
"Mountains are the only place where I can rest." © Igor Tamm
“Untouched nature brings incomparable spiritual peace. Added to this is the deep satisfaction of overcoming obstacles. In the mountains, friendship with comrades, sealed by dangers, is born, remaining for life. © Igor Tamm
"High-altitude mountaineering is the closest sport to astronautics" © Terman Titov
Everest is the highest pole of the earth. Getting to the top on foot, relying on my own feet and on the power of the mind, turned out to be only a little easier than landing a man on the moon. Only 16 years separated these two events. ©
F.M. Sveshnikov
“Mountaineering is a sport of difficult decisions. In the mountains you can't hide behind an empty word, here only deeds are valued. A person in mountaineering is worth exactly as much as he is worth in reality. © F.M. Sveshnikov
“At any age, you have to keep dreaming. You must try to make dreams come true. I know well that if you have a strong heart and take one small step after another, you will reach the top of the world.” © Iyuchiro Miuro
“Believe in yourself in the face of death. Fear won't do anything to you. Whether you are alive or dead, your heart beats faster than 100 beats per minute. Fears go away when you just start climbing.” © Iyuchiro Miuro
“I realized very early that someone who walks with a strong partner may never know the very essence of mountaineering, and in any case will receive only part of the emotions from climbing ... After all, he is only a follower ... if he is in the lead, he takes responsibility for the success of the enterprise, then something more opens up to him ... I see no reason why women could not lead in serious ascents ... but I also realize that if a woman takes on this role, then the participation of men in the project cannot to be out of the question." © Miriam O'Brien Underhill
"He who does not get lost in the snowy mountains will not be afraid in battle." This is the slogan of the Soviet climber. Cowardice is a lack of confidence in oneself, in one's knowledge. Such qualities as caution, attentiveness, accuracy, sometimes slowness due to careful control of the path, protection and self-protection should not be confused with cowardice.
A brave person is one who, having weighed all the difficulties and prepared accordingly to overcome them, resolutely, energetically fights for the implementation of the task, who does not get lost in difficult times; who calmly, patiently seeks the path to victory, he will always find it .. ”© Physical training of climbers I. Yukhin, 1939.
“The only way to compensate for their inferiority, their lack of self-confidence was in mountaineering. Surrendering to it completely was the only salvation for me. Now the natural course of events in my life has become the conquest of one peak after another - first in Japan, and then abroad. © Naomi Uemura
“Mountaineering is more of a mental sport than a physical one. If you really, really want to do something, then what is a little more pain for you? Just go with it." © Mark Inglis
“The call of the high mountains… Maybe this is part of man’s eternal quest, some excess of that vital energy that drives humanity from century to century in its attempt to always reach an ever higher peak of human aspirations? .. Even if the conquest of Everest becomes an ordinary event, always there are higher Everests; even if in the distant future our Earth becomes a place without secrets, there will always be other peaks to climb and other worlds to explore. For those who are ready to venture fearlessly into uncharted seas and into the unconquered peaks of human aspirations, there will never be a lack of adventure for mind and body.” © Jawaharlalu Nehru
“Let them not think, however, that climbing the highest peaks is only hard, tedious work. There are no words to describe the impression made by these giants, or to convey the feeling of the climber, who found himself on the verge of a dead kingdom, where violent wind, scorching sun and merciless frost, as well as rarefied air make all life impossible. © Evans Charles, Inviolable Kanchenjunga, M., Physical Culture and Sport, 1961
“What made both man and animal aspire to these barren heights? Dr. James Chapin, who devoted many years to studying the birds of the Congo, once found the skeleton of a Gamlin marmoset on the top of Karisimbi, many miles from its native forests. And recently I read an interesting article about a pack of hyena dogs that was seen in the glaciers of Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of almost twenty thousand feet. Perhaps man is not the only creature in this world who climbs a mountain just because she stands in front of him. © George Schaller Year under the sign of the gorilla. M., Thought, 1968.
“... As soon as I crossed the ridge to Georgia, I left the cart and began to ride: I climbed the snowy mountain (Krestovaya) to the very top, which is not at all easy; from there you can see half of Georgia as if on a silver platter, and, really, I do not undertake to explain or describe this amazing feeling; for me mountain air is a balm; to hell with the blues, the heart is beating, the chest is breathing high - nothing is needed at this moment; I would sit and watch like that for the rest of my life.” © Mikhail Lermontov
“I am far from self-praise, far from ambition and rivalry, I just want to say that mountaineering should be considered as a wonderful game in which every accident is either a mistake or negligence, and death is a real tragedy. In order to avoid a demonstration of heroism, I, like most of us, believe that it is better to wait than to rush and take risks, it is better to slow down than to suffocate, it is better to sing than to shout ... ”© Jean Franco“ Makalu ”
“We have entered into a grandiose and wonderful battle with nature, we are investing all our physical, mental and moral strength in achieving victory. In a few weeks, the battle, which took place in an atmosphere of passionate intensity and brotherly friendship, raised us above human mediocrity. © Jean Franco "Battle for Jeanne"
“When you look from the height of Pobeda Peak, it seems that the rest of the peaks squatted down.” © Lyudmila Agranovskaya
“Mountains are made in order to show a person how a dream can look like ..” © Yuri Vizbor
“Life is a continuous ascent along an untrodden path that winds along the mountain slopes ... I stand on a white mountain and look into the blue distance of the roads traveled. Ahead rises a peak under a blue hat of snow. If I manage to climb it - I will see new distances ... ”© A. Keshokov story View from the white mountain
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet..." - William Blake
“Something inside me is killing interest in playing at low limits. For me there is either a high rate or nothing. And it's eating me up." © Jerzy Kukuczka
"Mountains are a place where you can exchange life for endless bliss." © Milarepa Shepa Dorje
“Mountaineering in my life was not just a sport that gave me a good mood. This is a worldview that affirms simple truths, glorifying good things: courage and camaraderie, the desire to learn and the desire to help, devotion to the goal, the meaning and joy of daring, sensitivity and amazing courage. © Boris Delaunay
“To love is not to look at each other, but to look together in the same direction. Comrades are only those who, holding on to one rope, climb the mountain peak with common efforts and in this find their closeness. © Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Winter high-altitude climbing is a sophisticated way of suffering in the mountains." © Wojtek Kurtyka
“Winter expeditions are the only mountaineering without the struggle of the “stars”, rivalry, competition with each other. The mountain is so difficult in winter that everyone rallies for a common goal in an atmosphere of partnership, mutual assistance and goodwill. Such an atmosphere is now preserved only in speleology and in winter Himalayan ascents. This is no longer possible to find in the summer in the Alpine ascents. © Wojtek Kurtyka
“The essence of winter Himalayan ascents is overcoming your own pain caused by cold, discomfort and other reasons. You can trust me, it is. I believe that winter Himalayan ascents have little to do with the essence of real mountaineering, which begins where ordinary tourism ends, and a person is forced to overcome technical difficulties with the help of hands. In winter, you can't take off your mittens, so there is no question of difficult technical ascents. The combination of very low temperatures and 8000 m makes real mountaineering impossible.” © Wojtek Kurtyka
“The maxim that about the deceased is either only good, or nothing, plays an extremely negative role in understanding the catastrophe. The unadorned truth of what happened is the last gift of the departed to the living. We often ignore it (the gift), supposedly for moral reasons. And this is really immoral.” © Igor Komarov
"Freeride is a martial art where life is at stake." © Igor Komarov
“To go first is a special job. Here you are alone with the wall. Comrades mentally with you, but no one is around. Only the rope pulls down a lot, connecting you with the world of people, and the rock hangs over your head. Often the next section of the route seems impassable, and there is no longer confidence in success, and anxiety hangs over the wall like a cloud. Then, as for a convenient shelf, you grab onto the thought: you made up your mind, accepted the challenge - so drive away doubts, turn off everything extraneous from your mind, focus on the goal, you have to go through ”© Vitaliy Bodnik
“Victory in mountaineering generously gives a person the joy of victory over himself. And she also makes a comrade in a bundle your brother, and this male brotherhood is stronger than granite ”© Vitaliy Bodnik
“Many are afraid of mountains, but this is from their ignorance. The unknown is always scary. The mountains, of course, are formidable, but not insidious and not malicious. Hurry up to the mountains! You are waiting for the discovery of pristine nature. You will discover yourself.” © Vasily Kovtun
“The Caucasian mountains are much more beautiful, their peaks are pointed; the abysses separating the peaks from each other give the impression of immeasurable depth. © Douglas Freshfield
“The strongest fear arises in those moments when you realize that you are still alive and well, but you are already finished ... that is, the brain has time to fully realize that you have practically no chance of surviving.” © Valery Rozov
“I have no respect for people who walk tightrope using belay. I don't really like the fact that if you fall, you die, but that's part of what's called tightrope walking." © Philippe Petit
“The snow is hiding and waiting. Waiting for our oversight. One has only to cut the layer, maybe even shout loudly - and the slope will disappear from under the feet. We know how it happens: first a soft crack, then a rustle, and then a roar. Just a second. Before you have time to look back, you will be buried under many meters of cold and heavy, like cast iron, snow. © A.Kuznetsov “Bottom of Svaneti”
“... From edge to edge, along the entire horizon, in glaciers and snows, stands the great Tien Shan system. All of it burns with golden-orange and red tones of sunset, and Khan-Tengri floats from above, like a giant faceted ruby set in a dark turquoise sky. © Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.
"The forces of the untamed nature - wind, clouds, storm and cold - find their strongest expression on the tops of the mountains, endowing the heights with the aura of wilderness in its most extreme and undisturbed state." © Bernbaum Edwin
“Snow is snow wherever it falls, and avalanches speak the worldwide language of violence…” © Montgomery Waterwater
“... After all, as long as there are mountains, there will be traces on their slopes, there will be notes on the peaks ... This is the law of a person’s struggle with mountains. And in everyone's life, sooner or later, there comes a moment when he must meet nature face to face and feel that man, even in a small number, is stronger than her. Humanity has existed for twenty thousand generations, of which nineteen thousand eight hundred generations - ninety-nine percent - have struggled with nature without the help of electricity, machines and science. In the current generations, there is still a decent amount of disturbing blood of ancestors. The word "feat" means an action that not everyone is given to perform. But those who go to the mountains, as a rule, do not think about the feat, dreaming only of enjoying the incomparable feeling of the pioneers, they want to see entire countries lying at their feet under the clouds, so that the shadow from the hand extends hundreds of kilometers and the purple sky is towards them. a little closer than to other people ... And let the voices disappear from the whirlwind for a while and leave people alone with the mountains. For mountains and people are a continuous battle. © Evgeny Iordanishvili
“I only know three real sports: bullfighting, mountain climbing and car racing. The rest of the sports are games." © Ernest Hemingway
“In the struggle with the summit, in striving for the immensity, a person wins, acquires and affirms, first of all, himself. In the extreme tension of the struggle, on the verge of death, the Universe disappears, ends next to us. Space, time, fear, suffering no longer exist. And then everything can be available. Like on the crest of a wave, when, during a violent storm, a strange, great calmness suddenly reigns in us. This is not spiritual emptiness, on the contrary, it is the warmth of the soul, its impulse and aspiration. And then we realize with certainty that there is something indestructible in us, a force that nothing can resist.” © Lucien Devi
“In the mountains they do not walk with their feet, in the mountains they walk with their heads.” © folk wisdom
“A bad road is one from which the traveler will surely fall, and his body cannot be found. The good road is the one from which the traveler falls, but his corpse can be found and buried. And the beautiful road is the one from which the traveler may not fall ”© folk wisdom
“Remember, traveler, in the mountains you are like a tear on the eyelash of Allah.” © folk wisdom
"Everest is a bird that has flown higher than other birds."© folk wisdom
"The man who is on the very top of the mountain did not fall there from the sky." © Confucius
Quotes about travel, expeditions and wildlife
"An expedition is a preparation" © Amundsen Roald
“Willpower is the first and most important quality of a skilled researcher. Only by knowing how to control his will, he can hope to overcome the difficulties that nature raises in his path. © Amundsen Roald
“What is still unknown to us on our planet puts some kind of oppression on the consciousness of most people. This unknown is something that man has not yet conquered, some permanent proof of our impotence, some unpleasant challenge to dominance over nature. © Amundsen Roald
"Forethought and caution are equally important: foresight - in order to notice difficulties in time, and caution - in order to prepare in the most thorough way for their meeting." © Amundsen Roald
“It’s bad to linger at one fire for a long time: your eyes get tired of looking at the same thing, your ears go deaf. Need to go. Turbidity does not hold in fast water ... "© Ulukitkan
“When people ask me why I go on this or that trip, I usually answer: I don’t know, b it really is. After all, if I knew what awaits me, I would not set off on the road. © Jacques-Yves Cousteau
"Only impossible missions succeed." © Jacques-Yves Cousteau
“Dark cold night, wrapped in a blanket, I sit motionless on the shore and listen to the fountains of smooth whales. They are very close. Although it is difficult to distinguish their massive forms in the dark, I know that they swim close to the coast, sometimes touching the bottom with their belly in shallow water. But they jump out about two hundred meters from me. Their huge bodies with a terrible noise fall into the water. In the intervals between bursts, deep breaths of whales are heard: for me, this powerful choral concert is the most beautiful music in the ocean. This is how my first night in Patagonia goes…” © Philippe Cousteau
“I believe that there are neither heights nor depths that a person with the help of Reason could not reach.” © John Hunt
“Polar night, you look like a woman, a delightful, beautiful woman with the noble features of an antique statue, but also with her marble coldness. On your high forehead, clear as pure ether, there is not a trace of sympathy for the petty sorrows of the human race, on your pale beautiful cheeks - not a trace of feeling ... I am exhausted by your cold beauty, I crave life, warmth, light! Let me come back either a winner or a beggar - It's all the same to me! But let me come back and start living again.” © Fridtjof Nansen
“We should agree with our experience that you cannot get real wealth with the help of an army, you cannot win it with the help of a sling or a bomb that can fly around the world fifteen times and hit us in the back of the head, and not just our enemies. The real treasures are on enemy soil and not in a bank. You can’t put them on the scales and you won’t see them with a simple eye, because you have to look for them inside your own head. What is stored in the soul cannot be taken away. © Thor Heirdahl
"Boundaries? Didn't see one. True, I heard that they are in the minds of some people. © Thor Heirdahl
“Really, why make a fuss about something that has been done? I never only reminisce about the past. There is too much to do in the future!” © Edmund Hillary
“Many of us in our youth try to prove to ourselves that we are capable of overcoming unusual situations. For me, such a situation was an autonomous life in the forest. Soon I realized that I can kill an animal or a bird, use mushrooms, berries, but why? Everything turned out to be a more difficult task: you need to shoot what you see, turn what you see into visible images. So I shoot nature all my life. ” © Vadim Gippenreiter
“Romance is essential in human life. It is she who gives a person divine powers to travel beyond the ordinary. © Fridtjof Nansen
"Victory awaits the one who is doing well, and this is called luck." © Roald Amundsen
“Winter is not an enemy, it is a great helper, throwing bridges over the seas, covering the bare stones of the mountains and smoothing out the clefts. And as soon as the sleigh ride makes the trip possible, you are irresistibly drawn into the distance, new plans are born, and you are just waiting impatiently for the frost to get stronger. © Knud Rasmussen
“... if water is more important than food, then hope for a person is more important and more necessary than water.” © Alain Bombard
“Let's thank those who did not believe us! Without them, we would never have known the joy of victory!” © Alain Bombard
“Victims of legendary shipwrecks who died prematurely, I know it wasn’t the sea that killed you, it wasn’t hunger that killed you, it wasn’t thirst that killed you! Swinging on the waves to the plaintive cries of seagulls, you died of fear. © Alain Bombard
“One intelligent white man should be at the head, two whites, invited to the expedition because of their courage, determination, physical endurance and devotion to the leader, should be the arms, and dog drivers and other local residents should be the body and legs of the expedition. For the peace of mind of men, it is necessary to take women on a journey; besides this, they are in many respects as useful as men, and in strength and endurance they are often almost as good as them ”© Robert Peary
“The romance of distant wanderings, contemplation of the surrounding nature, immersion in it are combined in me with the desire for sports records” © Marina Galkina
“Traveling alone without means of communication is an exciting thing. It is without means of communication, I emphasize. There is an undoubted share of risk in this and the sharpness of sensations, the fullness of life are guaranteed. Everything depends on you, on your strengths, your skills, dexterity. You are given the right to choose any path, you have the last word. You feel real freedom. Only in such a journey do you completely break away from civilization, merge more closely with nature, understand your insignificance and defenselessness ”© Marina Galkina
“Frankly speaking, a traveler needs to be born, and one should set off into the distance only in the years of full strength” © Petr Kozlov
“The most favorite place both in Russia and in the world is Kamchatka. There is a unique nature. In general, I am more interested in traveling around the country than abroad .... a person cannot love without knowing. All our lives we love the place where we grew up, because we absorbed it from childhood, grew up with these trees and this grass. Russia is very little known - I myself discover it anew for myself every time. © Yuri Senkevich
“Rivers are a gift to us. Water is a metaphor for the flow of time, and everyone has their place in the flow. © Doug Ammons.
“In order to see the stars, every year you have to go farther and farther from home ...” © Yuri Vizbor
“My worst enemy on the way to my goal is fear. I am a very cowardly person and, like all cowardly people, I strive to conquer my fear. Victory over fear makes me happy….. I want to be stronger than my own fear, for this I look for danger again and again.” © Reinhold Messner
“I am Sisyphus, that all my life I can roll up my stone, that is, myself, without reaching the peak, since there can be no peak in knowing oneself.” © Reinhold Messner
“I don’t remember when I freed myself from religious feelings, I know only one thing: since then it has become more difficult for me to convince myself that I am not alone in the world, not abandoned.” © Reinhold Messner
“I am my own homeland, and my banner is my handkerchief” © Reinhold Messner
“A minimum of superfluous, but vital - in double quantity, this is my motto” © Reinhold Messner
"I do everything with passion - except bureaucratic affairs, which I hate" © Reinhold Messner
“Adventure gives us joy. But joy, after all, is the purpose of life. We do not live to eat or earn money. We eat and earn money so that we can be happy. This is the meaning of life, and this is what it is given for. © George Mallory
“I traveled the world to ski. Fly with the wind. Laugh with the gods." © Iyuchiro Miuro
"People give up when it's hard, dogs give up when they die." © Naomi Uemura
“Deep diving is always solo, it is comparable to climbing eight-thousanders and all responsibility lies only with you. Complete self-sufficiency." © Pascal Bernabe
“Travel was, is and will be. And in a hundred years, and in two hundred, and in a thousand. They will change - they will become different, only the word will remain the same. You can no longer be like Miklukho-Maclay or Sedov. Now they do not open the continents or islands. You open your spirituality." © Fedor Konyukhov
“For a true traveler, there is only one goal - overcoming difficulties. And only one desire - to break through the horizon. © Nick Tendy
Why do people love wild places? For the mountains? They may not be. For forests, lakes and rivers? But it can be a desert, and still people will love it. The desert, the monotonous ocean, the untouched snowy plains of the north, all the deserted expanses, no matter how dull they may be, are the only places on earth where freedom dwells. © Rockwell Kent
“The sparkling immaculate whiteness of high-altitude snows, untouched, and perhaps unattainable; the beauty of the mountains, covered in a misty haze, because of which you can’t distinguish whether it is the earth or a cloud; distant, clear, passionless mountains - all this symbolizes the highest aspirations of the spirit. The universe appears to people in all its glory and majesty, they are seized with anxiety, the craving for adventure inherent in their ancestors wakes up in them, and they leave ... It is not at all a conscious choice that makes people change comfort and safety for adventure and adversity - most likely, there is an impulse more deeper and stronger than conscience and reason" © Rockwell Kent
"Speleology requires a lot of patience, and not impotent patience, but perseverance of prolonged effort." © Norbert Castere
“A climber can study the mountain of his dreams, looking at it through binoculars, and outline with his eyes the path of climbing among the paths and rocks. The caver, while making assumptions, is almost always mistaken because of the surprises and incredible complexities of the underworld. Alas! All his hypotheses are broken, faced with insurmountable obstacles. Collapses of arches, impenetrable cracks, dead ends, lakes, siphons every now and then ruthlessly stop the caver on his way. © Norbert Castere
“Underground is uncomfortable. Everything is harsh, sometimes ominous, always majestic and full of threats. Of course, this is why man and animals instinctively avoid and fear the underworld. Only a few adapt to this realm of death and have an interest, even passion, in its exploration. These are speleologists.” © Norbert Castere
“Abyss, you almost destroyed me and maybe you will still become my grave! But how many sublime moments of happiness you gave me among all the suffering! Here I knew the delight of searching and the intoxication of discoveries. © Michel Sifre
“There are no more vast white spots on geographical maps, and virgin lands are no longer to be found. Only three areas are still of interest for research: space, but only a select few have access to it, then the ocean, which provides unlimited space for scientists, and finally the bowels of the earth with their caves, grottoes and abysses. This is my world." © Michel Sifre
“For a speleologist, the most sticky, viscous, unsteady and all-covering clay is never just dirt, but always remains a noble substance with which he is completely saturated, which covers him from head to toe, and sometimes turns into ice, but which in the end account to such an extent inevitable and habitual that it becomes, as it were, a classical, characteristic feature of the caves. All smeared with clay, this time, let's say, just mud, doesn't the caver have the right to proudly say, like Cyrano de Bergerac: “I am morally elegant!” © Norbert Castere
“All extreme activity is a tribute to life. After all, how can you say “I love you” to your life if you have been lying on the couch all of it? © Den Osman
“I have always been different. People look at me and say "you're crazy!" . But what I do, I do for myself, for no one else. I'm not suicidal. When you sit on the sofa with your eyes fixed on the drawer, you die. I feel most alive when I am face to face with my fear.” © Den Osman
“A man goes to the mountains again and again, just as a man goes again and again to the stormy sea, because only in the wild nature can a person challenge his deep abilities, as our ancestors did in ancient times. Modern life is a kind of artificial existence. Most of the real qualities are simply turned off as unnecessary, and most of us do not even imagine what they really are, do not know the full power of our own capabilities. And it's in the wild that everyone's true nature comes out." © Abram T. Collier
“What is the point of buying a car to drive on asphalt? Where there is asphalt, there is nothing interesting, and where it is interesting, there is no asphalt.” © Brothers Strugatsky
“When a journey aims to explore a country that is difficult to access, when it introduces us to nature that was known only from superficial and inaccurate descriptions, then the difficulty disappears ...
A person is able to overcome many of the inconveniences of life ... he will find a black rusk soaked in spring water, tastier than the best dishes, if only he is inspired by curiosity, if the goal he wants to achieve excites a keen interest in him.
© M.A. Kovalevsky, "Geographical localization and magnetic observations in the Northern Urals." St. Petersburg, 1853.
Quotes about ecology
“We float pesticides and all sorts of garbage into the ocean, like a negligent housewife sweeps garbage under the carpet.” © Thor Heirdahl
“We do not notice the air, but without it we suffocate. So it is with wildlife. Only when we lose it completely, then we realize that we have lost ... ”© Nikolai Sladkov.
“At the beginning of the 21st century, a reckless belief in progress seems like a utopia. We know that the resources of our planet are partially depleted, we know that we are disrupting the balance of both the climate and the subsoil, and now we ourselves, in comparison with those who lived before us, are also depleted in our own way - we cannot, like them, endure pain, endure hardship, work tirelessly. © Leonid Kruglov
Running Quotes
“I ran at night once or twice a week because after working as a bricklayer, I didn’t have the strength to train at all.” © Pasang Dawa Sherpa
“Daily running is not a luxury, but a way of life. And I can't refuse it just because I'm busy up to my neck with other things. If other things were reason enough for me, I would have stopped running a long time ago. The reasons that prompt me to run are one or two and counted, but the reasons to end this occupation are a wagon and a small cart. The only thing that remains for me in such a situation is to continue to cherish and cherish those who are “one or two and counted.” © Haruki Murakami
"Suffering is everyone's personal choice." © Haruki Murakami
Quotes about the Urals (Ural Mountains)
“The Ural Mountains are the most noble in the entire Empire and, by vocation, are understood as those that the first describers called Hyperborea and Repheus. The Tatars call them the Urals” © V.N. Tatishchev, 1744
“... stretching to the very shores of its highest mountains, the peaks of which ... are completely devoid of any forest and almost even grass. Although they have different names in different places, they are generally called the Belt of Peace. And in the possession of the sovereign of Moscow, one can see only these mountains, which probably seemed to be ancient Riphean or Hyperborean. © Sigismund Herberstein 1549 (Indicator of the way to Pechora, Yugra and the Ob River)
“Stone rivers of immeasurable depth flow, of which solid drops make up huge blocks” © P.P. Anosov
Unlike mountains, rocks are not covered or only slightly, with rare exceptions, are covered with vegetation, among which mosses and lichens predominate. In fact, these are boulders with steep slopes and all kinds of ledges. Like many other geological formations, nature created them over millions of years, thanks to which they received the most incredible outlines, and sometimes colors, so there is something to see here. Protruding above the sea or the valley, the rocks form landscapes of absolutely incredible beauty. Among them there are those that can outshine the most fantastic scenery. These 9 rock formations are a vivid example of the fact that the most skilled craftsman is nature itself. 
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Coastal cliffs, washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, stretched along the coast for 8 km. In different areas, the height of the rocks varies from 120 to 214 meters. It is believed that the cliffs were formed over 300 million years ago. These "stone giants" offer a truly stunning view, which attracts more than 1 million tourists every year.
White Cliffs of Dover, UK
The cliffs that line the coastline of the Pas de Calais are part of the North Downs. The height of the rocks reaches 107 meters. They are composed of chalk and flint, thanks to which they can be seen from the French Cape Gris-Ne, and among sailors they have won fame as a symbol of the coast of England.
Preikestolen, Norway
A giant cliff rises above the Lysefjord. The height of the rock formation is 604 meters. Its top is a natural observation platform, with an area of approximately 25 by 25 meters. From the cliff, a magnificent view opens up, from which even seasoned tourists are breathtaking.
Cliff of Cabo Girao, Portugal
This steep rock is located on the south coast of Madeira Island. Cabo Girao is considered the second largest cliff in the world. Its height is 589 meters. At the top of the cliff, there is an observation deck that provides tourists with the opportunity to "soar" above the ocean.Kalopapa, Hawaii
At the northern tip of Molokai, on the Kalopapa Peninsula, is one of the most picturesque places in Hawaii - Kalopapa National Historical Park. One of the pearls of the park are sea cliffs over 1000 meters high. They can only be reached on foot or on horseback. For the efforts made, tourists will be rewarded with a magnificent view of the surrounding landscapes and the endless Pacific Ocean.
Peak Thor, Canada
This granite peak is recognized as the highest vertical slope in the world. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island. The height of the peak is 1250 meters and the slope of the wall is 105 degrees.
Half Dome, USA
The rock rises 1450 meters above Yosemite Valley. Consists of a monolith of granite. Half Dome is one of the largest monoliths in North America, and its image is often used as a logo by various organizations. The view of the Half Dome is also printed on driver's licenses issued by the state of California.
Etretat, France
The rocks of Etretat have become the hallmark of the town of the same name. Their height ranges from 80 to 120 meters. Nature carved several unique arches into them. Due to the extraordinary whiteness of the chalk rocks, the rocks can be seen far out to sea.
