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S A G A R M A T H A
"Goddess of the Sky"
The Summit
Mountain Wisdom
Words from those who have stood where clouds are born.
"Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous."
— Reinhold Messner
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
— Sir Edmund Hillary
"Getting to the summit is optional. Getting down is mandatory."
— Ed Viesturs
"The best climber in the world is the one having the most fun."
— Alex Lowe
"How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top."
— Yvon Chouinard
"The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters."
— Conrad Anker
"Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence."
— Hermann Buhl
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again."
— Dalai Lama
"Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing."
— Barry Finlay
"In a flat country, a hillock thinks itself a mountain."
— Kurdish proverb
"The experienced mountain climber is not careless, but he is never afraid."
— Edward Whymper
"Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you."
— David McCullough Jr.
"What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life."
— George Mallory
"I've realized that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain."
— Andrew Garfield
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
— T.S. Eliot
"The higher you climb, the better view you will have."
— Unknown
"Mountains know secrets we need to learn."
— Gary Snyder
"Life is brought down to the basics: if you are warm, regular, healthy, not thirsty or hungry, then you are not on a mountain."
— Chris Darwin
"I learn something every time I go into the mountains."
— Michael Kennedy
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet."
— William Blake
🏔️ The Summit
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