"Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb."
"The mountains are beautiful but they are not worth dying for."
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Source: Greg Child (1998). “Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas”, p.133, The Mountaineers Books
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