Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Hans Gmoser

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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Hans Gmoser

Johann Wolfgang "Hans" Gmoser, CM was a founder of modern mountaineering in Canada. Born in Austria in 1932, he came to Canada in 1951, and since then has been a major driving force behind the growing popularity of climbing, skiing and guiding.

Mountaineer | July 7, 1932 - July 5, 2006
In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free – free over untouched snow country. To be bound to one slope, even one mountain, by a lift may be convenient but it robs us of the greatest pleasure that skiing can give, that is to travel through the wide wintery country; to follow the lure of peaks which tempt on the horizon and to be alone for a few days or even hours in clear, mysterious surroundings.
A person should have wings to carry them where their dreams go, but sometimes a pair of skis makes a good substitute. — © Hans Gmoser
A person should have wings to carry them where their dreams go, but sometimes a pair of skis makes a good substitute.
There is nothing in the world like going out onto an untouched, open, virgin mountain slope drenched under a thick blanket of new powder snow. It gives a supreme feeling of freedom, mobility. A great sense of flying, moving anywhere in a great white paradise.
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