Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Pat Ament

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American rock climber Pat Ament.
Last updated on October 10, 2024.
Pat Ament

Pat Ament is an American rock climber, filmmaker, musician, and artist who lives in Fruita, Colorado. Noted for first ascents in the 1960s and 1970s, he is the author of many articles and books.

Now I approach climbing differently. I have learned less effort and energy, less obsession, and more feeling, as with piano, more emphasis and less frenzy.
The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.
When you ride your bike, you're working your legs, but your mind is on a treadmill. When you play chess, your mind is clicking along, but your body is stagnating. Climbing brings it together in a beautiful, magical way. The adrenaline is flowing, and it's flowing all the time.
Newspapers ascribe the word "climber" to any person who falls in the mountains or off a rock. To refer to anyone who falls in the mountains as... a climber... is as factual as to say that anyone who sits down at a piano is a pianist.
What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.
Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together. — © Pat Ament
Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.
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