The Whole Purpose Of Climbing Something Like

Personally, I Would Rather Climb In The High Mountains. I Have Always Abhorred The Tremendous Heat, The Dirt-filled Cracks, The Ant-covered Foul-smelling Trees And Bushes Which Cover The Cliffs, The Filth And Noise Of Camp 4 (the Climbers' Campground), And Worst Of All, The Multitudes Of Tourists Which Abound During The Weekends And Summer Months.

The Whole Purpose Of Climbing Something Like Everest Is To Effect Some Sort Of Spiritual And Physical Gain. But If You Compromise The Process You’re An Asshole When You Start Out And An Asshole When You Get Back.

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There Is A Beginning And End To All Life - And To All Human Endeavors. Species Evolve And Die Off. Empires Rise, Then Break Apart. Businesses Grow, Then Fold. There Are No Exceptions. I'm Ok With All That. Yet It Pains Me To Bear Witness To The Sixth Great Extinction, Where We Humans Are Directly Responsible For The Extirpation Of So Many Wonderful Creatures And Invaluable Indigenous Cultures. It Saddens Me To Observe The Plight Of Our Own Species; We Appear To Be Incapable Of Solving Our Problems.

We've Teamed Up With Some Japanese Companies To, Basically By 2010, Make All Our Clothing Out Of Recycled And Recyclable Fibers. And We're Going To Accept Ownership Of Our Products From Birth To Birth. So If You Buy A Jacket From Us, Or A Shirt ,or A Pair Of Pants, When You're Done With It, You Can Give It Back To Us And We'll Make More Shirts And Pants Out Of It.