"Was I proud to be a pioneer? Apart from my being the first woman guide I wasn’t that different from my peers. Women m…"

"The best things about climbing? Unlimited space. I know where I am in mountains. The stillness: not silence because t…"

"But the basic pleasure in the hills is the natural environment which can be as fulfilling in later life as rock climb…"

"They ain’t been here long ’nough. They just barely human. Maybe not even. They suck up the world, don’t taste it."

"The intimacy of her mother’s hands and the warmth of the water lulled the Girl into a trance of sensuality she never …"

"Only frustrated people smoke too much and only lonely people are frustrated."

"I can never get a zipper to close."

"I didn't think I'd be true to a man again as long as I lived..."

"I think that was enough time for us to learn the playing style that he wants us to play. I think we are all on the sa…"

"Gutted, heartbroken, disappointed and confused but as the saying goes, everything happens for a reason and I have fai…"