Thursday, March 25, 2021

13,505. CLIMBER'S INTENT

CLIMBER'S INTENT
I think the Sherpa guides still ask
at Everest what is the climber's
intent for the climb; as if all that
is paramount is that one has a
good reason. Not danger. Not 
clime. It was Edmund Hillary, 
I'm told, who said 'Because it's 
there'  -  something  to that effect. 
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The joke goes that they fetched him
a bucket and said 'wretch in here.'
He asked them why, and they said,
'Because it's there...'

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