Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a … - Greg Child

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The discovery of phobias by psychiatrists has done much to clear the atmosphere. Whereas in the old days a person would say: 'Let's get the heck out of here!' today she says: 'Let's get the heck out of here! I've got claustrophobia.

Greg Child

Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our notion of climbing Shivling and said: 'First travel, then struggle, finally calm'.

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Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

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The mountain is nothing without people on it. Often you part expedition exasperated, but a year or two later you go back with the same partners knowing there's potential in this human relationship.

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The mountains are beautiful but they are not worth dying for.

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If we ever have children and they become climbers I'll tell them, Stay away from expeditions. They'll make you poor and neurotic.

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Maybe Himalayan climbing is just a bad habit, like smoking, of which one says with cavalier abandon, must give this up some day, before it kills me.

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