The summit wasn´t the end of the journey, but it was the culmination - the cure for the thing that had gnawed at him for so long. What folly to think that anyone climbs Everest for the views, or the thrills, or the bragging rights, or, vaguest of all, because it´s there. What´s there is this: the chance to be worthy of your own dreams.
I always try to understand why these people are doing what they are doing and why they are so obsessed with these mountains. And as far as possible explanations go, this is the best one I have read or heard so far and it´s actually a reason that I can understand to a certain point.
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