Climbing

Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and feet (or indeed any other part of the body) to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation (to reach an inaccessible place, or for its own enjoyment) and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations.

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Famous quotes containing the word climbing:

    “These are the warnings
    that you must forget
    if you’re climbing out of yourself.
    If you’re going to smash into the sky.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “An old, mad man still climbing in his ghost,
    My fathers’ ghost is climbing in the rain.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “... climbing the primordial climb,
    a dream within a dream,
    then sitting here
    holding a basket of fire.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)