Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it

The fast lane I am flying down is one
with no end in sight
filled with reckless adventure and
paved with dangerous delights.

Man could escape danger only by renouncing adventure, by abandoning that which has given to the human condition its unique character and genius among the rest of living things

His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent view that every peril in life is a form of sport, a fierce game betwixt you and Fate, with Death as a forfeit, made him a wonderful companion at such hours.