Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Doug Scott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English mountaineer Doug Scott.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Douglas Keith Scott was an English mountaineer, noted for being on the team that made the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award, his personal style and climbs were described as "visionary".

English - Mountaineer | Born: May 29, 1941

Source: Wikipedia

Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.

Doug Scott

In order to climb properly on big peak one must free oneself of fear. This means you must write yourself off before any big climb. You must say to yourself, I may die here.

Doug Scott

Milton, when he went blind, declared that he could now begin the real work of his life. Similarly, with the merciless passage of time reducing my phisical strengh, I find myself less able to explore the outer world, but better prepared to explore the inner.

Doug Scott

Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.

Doug Scott

Climbing is about pioneering new routes, exploring new ground, facing the unknown. Those hooked on climbing the normal routes on the eight-thousanders will miss all theat. They are wasting the best years of their climbing lives.

Doug Scott

History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise.

Doug Scott

Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction to be derived from mountaineering.

Doug Scott

At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.

Doug Scott

If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?

Doug Scott