Traveling Is My Form Of Self-education. Every

The Climbing As A Whole Is Not Very Esthetic Or Enjoyable; It Is Merely Difficult.

Nature Doesn't Like Empires. It Doesn't Like Accumulation In One Place, It Doesn't Like Monoculture. It's Always Trying To Make Diverse Species. It Wants To Spread Everything Out. And We're Constantly Trying To Hold Everything In.

Going Back To A Simpler Life Based On Living By Sufficiency Rather Than Excess Is Not A Step Backward. Rather, Returning To A Simpler Way Allows Us To Regain Our Dignity, Puts Us In Touch With The Land, And Makes Us Value Human Contact Again.

The Whole Purpose Of An Adventure Is To Gain Some Spiritual Or Emotional Insight. When You Compromise The Process, You Compromise The Gain.

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.