Words matter. These are the best Ueli Steck Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I don’t have a death wish. On the contrary, I’m hanging onto my life like never before.
I don’t need to come back to Everest.
The people in Nepal don’t care about alpinism; they just care about money.
I never expected to make a living from climbing, but it got to the point where I either had to get a job or start trying to make some real money from it. I didn’t want to be 45 and a dirtbag.
Not all Sherpas are bad. There are a few who are crazy, but the rest are good people.
I don’t like talking about climbing that much. You don’t have to discuss; just do it.
I don’t like being restricted. When I climb, I feel free and unrestricted; away from any social commitments.
Right now, I’m just focused on the 8,000-meter peaks. I don’t know what’s next. I don’t think I will get tired of climbing.
That’s what it’s all about. It doesn’t matter if you climbed the Eiger’s north face in two hours and forty-seven minutes or in two days. If it’s your challenge, and you’re happy with it, that’s the most important thing.
No one in Switzerland knows me as the Swiss Machine, and that’s good, because I don’t like it.
Once you start, if you’re still afraid, don’t do it. Either it’s too hard, or you’re not prepared. I’ve never done something when I was scared.
Everest is how it is right now. We have to fix ropes up there; we have the commercial expeditions. If you don’t like that, go on another mountain or choose another part of the mountain. There’s still space for everybody.
These guys make a lot of money. Of course it’s hard and dangerous work, but Sherpas are the rich people in Nepal. If you make so much money, you can somehow lose reality.
Annapurna was a special situation. It was a lifetime dream to finish that route. When I started climbing the South Face, I really expected not to come back alive.
It’s like a living process. You start out, and you see the Eiger north face, and you think, ‘That’s impossible.’ Then you start to dream. Then you climb the Eiger north face. Then maybe you go to the Himalaya.
During the climb, I never get afraid. But you can’t lose your fear – it is really important. If you lose it, you are going to die.
Slow down and stay alive.
I don’t worry about other people, and I don’t let them influence me too much. I try to find out what I want to do and not what other people want me to do.
Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don’t give an opinion. But there needs to be enough room for others.
Today, to find a challenge is really hard. In the Alps, everything is done. The new lines, almost all of them are finished. So to find a new challenge, it’s all beginning to go to speed.
