Top 25 Jeff Lowe Quotes

I may have had some symptoms as early as 1998 – dizziness, vision problems, balance. Anyway, it’s been a progression, it hasn’t stopped since I first noticed it. Each year there is a considerable decline.

I could have saved my marriage if I had chosen to. But when I was forced to take a new look, I realized, ‘Hey, it’s not what I really want – it’s a weird thing, but climbing is still at the center.’

The challenges of adventure, rock climbing and alpinism trained me well for dealing with the slow neurodegenerative malady I’m experiencing.

We as mountaineers have had a leading role in the destruction of the mountain wilderness environment that we practice our sport in.

Wall climbing is an offshoot of the more traditional sport of mountain climbing. It is very difficult; one must combine a great deal of stamina with the ability of a world-class gymnast.

I will still probably die of aspiration-caused pneumonia. I can go along breathing well, then I might aspirate on something, develop pneumonia and be gone in a week.

I always thought if I died in the mountains, it would put an asterisk on my climbs.

I’ve always pushed my body way too hard, gone days without eating at 20,000 feet, and caught every exotic bug that didn’t kill me.

Many climbers use the term ‘objective hazard; to denote something they aren’t to be held accountable for. I held myself accountable for the mistakes I made over the years.

I have always felt that no climb is worth losing the tip of a little toe.

For me there’s no future. All I’m interested in is now.

I’ve chosen to live my life in love and that has made even the most trying times beautiful experiences.

A friend once told me that I was always so manipulative, ‘a silver-tongued devil,’ as he put it. I was never aware of it.

You can base your life in fear or you can base your life in love. Fear leads to negative results even in times that are basically good. On the other hand, love powers the universe.

I think I know now that you can’t do this sort of climbing and have a domestic side. You’re not a practicing father if you’re not there. You’re maybe a visiting father.

Climbing is wildly diverse, ranging from the rock-climbing wall at the local health club to the cutting edge of major Himalayan Alpine ascents.

I never did end up getting any skills that are marketable in a traditional sense, but I have used my knowledge of the mountains, and I have no regrets.

I still value the adventurous side, confronting the mountain on its terms, more than I value actual success in terms of getting to the top. That has very little meaning to me.

I hate big shots of adrenaline. It means you don’t have enough margin.

Climbing is a cross between an athletic or sporting endeavor and the spiritual. I hope it remains that way.

It went way beyond just sex with Catherine. It was more like recognizing a time of shared destiny of our souls. We were both born to climb, and we each glimpsed the possibility of the perfect partner in the other.

The idea of metanoia returns again and again in my life. The purpose of life is to see what you do when challenges come your way, and the value in that experience is seeing how you handle those challenges.

The kind of climbing I like is fast and as free as possible of gadgetry.

Sometimes I spent more time planning a climb than doing it.

I’ve been mistagged. I like ice climbing, but I do a lot more rock climbing. Ice is just more mysterious and changeable than rock.