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Quotes by Michael Kennedy

A long time ago I figured out I was a generalist. That's why I did Climbing Magazine for so long. Part of what appealed to me about that was putting the whole thing together, and understanding how all the aspects of the magazine function, and being able to integrate those and drive the process forward.
– Michael Kennedy
Alpinism is the whole ball of wax, not just one aspect of climbing. You have to know how to live in the mountains, travel, and blend in the technical skills with speed and efficiency. In rock climbing you might focus on a pitch for only a few moments, while in alpine climbing your focus can go on for months.
– Michael Kennedy
Also, when I met my wife Julie, who had been skiing since she was three. Skiing has always been something we could share together - I know way more about the mountaineering aspects, but Julie is a better skier than I am. She still kicks my ass on a pair of skis.
– Michael Kennedy
First of all, land managers are bureaucrats. What they do is control things; they like to put things in little boxes and create rules. They want to do that in the easiest and most cost efficient way. When you've got a group like climbers, who want to go where they please, bureaucrats don't like that because they can't control it.
– Michael Kennedy
I am an Island boy so, I can relate to the warm weather!
– Michael Kennedy
I learn something every time I go into the mountains.
– Michael Kennedy
I was interested in photography when I started college at Antioch. I took a basic photo course there, and other photography classes. I got my first real job through a work-study program at Antioch. It was working as a helper in a mental hospital. Strange, but I'm sure that had something to do with where I am now.
– Michael Kennedy
I'm usually balanced, but I've been out of balance when I've had to focus on a few things to the exclusion of more creative aspects.
– Michael Kennedy
Israel is one of the easiest places to play ball. When I say easy I am referring to the easy lifestyle an athlete has while in Israel. It's very easy to get around the country, because it's so small.
– Michael Kennedy
It's about the pleasure of being in the mountains, traveling efficiently over the terrain, having that sense of dynamic motion which you don't get when you're on foot.
– Michael Kennedy
It's always been an ebb and flow of interest and energy.
– Michael Kennedy
My feelings about skiing changed after my 1977 Alaska trip to Mt. Foraker and Mt. Hunter.
– Michael Kennedy
No one country has a team that hold a monopoly on the league like Maccabi does in Israel.
– Michael Kennedy
Right now, after recovering from the knee injury I suffered three years ago, I am playing great ball once again.
– Michael Kennedy
Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism-way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing.
– Michael Kennedy
When people ask me 'What should I do to get ready for big climbs in Alaska or the Himalayas?' I always tell them to get their basic mountain skills, then do a bunch of winter climbing and ski mountaineering in a place like Colorado, where the snowpack is bad and the weather unpredictable. In other words, do a bunch of ski mountaineering.
– Michael Kennedy
You don't have to ski to climb the great routes in Yosemite. It's a cultural difference, and it's also simple geography. If you live close to or in the mountains you have to develop a certain skillset, and a lot of Europeans live that way.
– Michael Kennedy