"What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy." --George Mallory
Yes, joy. I certainly understand that. I love being alone out in the wild country at 4a.m., anticipating the coming...
"Mountains are the means; the man[woman] is the end. The goal is not to reach the tops of mountains, but to improve the man[woman]."
- Walter Bonatti
On this climb, I came very close...
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your...
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
And what better way to fart around than to hike over 14 miles and up 5,000...
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
--FDR, December...