Ueli Steck Quotes

Most Famous Ueli Steck Quotes of All Time!

We have created a collection of some of the best ueli-steck quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Ueli Steck Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Popular Quotes Topics for You.

Climbing Everest is so big now, with so much money involved, and the Sherpas are not stupid. They see this, and they want to take over the business and kick out the westerners. This is a big fight.

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.

Not all Sherpas are bad. There are a few who are crazy, but the rest are good people.

I don't need to come back to Everest.

No one in Switzerland knows me as the Swiss Machine, and that's good, because I don't like it.

The goal is not to solo. Of course, it is possible to move fast in alpine style also with a partner. I just need the right partner.

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.

I don't cheat.

I don't have a death wish. On the contrary, I'm hanging onto my life like never before.

Of course I climbed Everest without oxygen, but it's not the end of the story for me. The summit itself is not what counts. It's how'd you get there, what'd you climb, and there are really great opportunities to climb on this mountain. It's a beautiful place.

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.

My first climb was on lead; there were pitons, no bolts.

I don't like talking about climbing that much. You don't have to discuss; just do it.

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.

You can, maybe, do something like Annapurna once in a lifetime. Then don't try to do it again.

When you go to the mountains, you really have to accept that there is always a risk. It's more dangerous than sitting at home watching TV. It's really sad.

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.

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.

I don't like being restricted. When I climb, I feel free and unrestricted; away from any social commitments.

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.

I'm getting older, turning 40 this year. I had a period where I thought each expedition had to be something harder, something faster. But you can't go on like that, or you're going to die.

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.

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.

The people in Nepal don't care about alpinism; they just care about money.

Slow down and stay alive.

Guys, we are trying to share Unique Ueli Steck Quotes, so you will not get to read the same things again and again on our website. You can also share your favorites on Facebook or send them to a friend who loves to reading quotes.