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"I will not be going up again to be twice the fool,
but once is a foolish pleasure unmatched elsewhere
." This
is one of my favorite quotes; an e-mailed reminiscence of a climb
made back in 1970. Used with permission.
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"No spot
in this world can be more horrible, more atrociously dismal, than the
cindered tip of the Lotus as you stand upon
it." Wow! What's
this? How about a line from an article written ... in
1898! Go to my links page to read
it.
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"I
aimed to have no goal except to just hang out with the mountain,
and get to know it a bit, not necessarily to conquer it."
From another story you can read at my links page.
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"Considering my shoes are wrecked, my legs hurt, I have
a headache, and my shorts are ripped to shreds ..... it was
excellent!"
Another favorite; I've been carrying this one around since
'92. Finally ..... a place to show it off!
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"I
never imagined I could get sunburned behind my ears!"
Hmmm...
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"I
never imagined I could get so dirty!" Many
iterations of this one.
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"My
jacket felt like a parachute ....."
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"I
didn't know there would be so much rock climbing."
????? Must have found a new route!
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"I
saw 11 people in a group, with only 2 flashlights ....."
This was in
reference to a group descending in the darkness. I'm really
trying to control my urge to make a politically incorrect
public comment here ...
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"The
memory of that [Fuji climb] is not a happy one right
now." It gets better after you
recover, and get your film developed.
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"The
hill [?] never ended. It was so depressing."
Uh huh.
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"Every
time I thought I was getting close, I looked up and saw another
mile [?] I had to go."
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"The descent was tougher than the
ascent." Many
variations
of this one, too.
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"I
am so happy that I don't have to do that again ..... When I reached [the]
5th station in Subashiri I shouted out loud!"
Imagine that ... enough energy left to shout for joy!
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"I
don't want to see Mt. Fuji anymore. I just want my
bathtub!"
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"Been
there.....Done that.....Got the stick!" A
profound finality, if I ever heard one.
Just for fun, and a
completely unfair (unequal) comparison, check out these quotes
from some of the men and women who have achieved the goal of
summiting Mt.
Everest. Here's a
similar list.
