6+ Walter Bonatti Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Walter Bonatti quotes and sayings.

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself. — Walter Bonatti

The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul. — Walter Bonatti

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty. — Walter Bonatti

We [climbers] demonstrate in the most stunning way of all - at the risk of our lives - that there is no limit to the effort man can demand of himself. This quality is the basis of all human achievementit can never be proved enough. I consider that we climbers - that I - serve all humanity. We prove that there is no limit to what man can do. — Walter Bonatti

If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves. — Walter Bonatti

I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive. — Walter Bonatti