For me, one of the attractions simply is the variety of interests that climbing serves. In the Himalayas, it's the traveling, the different cultures you experience, the friends you make around the world. On the wall in the gym, it's the feeling of fitness, it's more exciting than pumping iron and motivates you to keep working out.
Copy QuotePhysical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
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Copy Quote View & ShareTrue enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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