mountaineering
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Oh mountains, beautiful mountains… how I want to be with you again.
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Words of George Mallory
I just stumbled on this book called “Everest – The West Ridge” which details, with beautiful illustrations, “American Mount Everest Expedition” of 1963. Among many quotes and beautiful photos I found a quote that really resonated with me. The quote below is thus far the best attempt I’ve seen to explain why humans climb the…
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Hinterstoisser Traverse & Death Bivouac
March 6 2010: Just watched NORTH FACE, a movie about two German climbers, Andreas Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz, attempt to summit Eiger’s North Face. All drama and love aside, it was a very brutal and exposing reality of climbing a mountain in terrible weather conditions. Watching this film brought back the question which I’ve tried to answer many times: why…
