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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.
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It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificent activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.
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In solo climbing the whole enterprise is held together with little more than chutzpah, not the most reliable adhesive.
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I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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April 12, 1954
(age 70)
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