Chris Bonington Professions : Mountaineer Born : August 6, 1934 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Chris Bonington I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing. Chris Bonington horizon climbing looks The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying. Chris Bonington soul mind wind If you're going climbing with young people, you get very, very used to seeing your climbing partner as a tiny little dot. Chris Bonington climbing littles people There was no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss: dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that we were on a slow-moving glacier. Chris Bonington block nature travel Similar Authors Bradford Washburn mountaineer Armand Charlet mountaineer Arlene Blum mountaineer Annie Smith Peck mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev mountaineer Doug Scott mountaineer All Authors