24 May, 2015

The true climber

"For the true climber, the story and the experience, exemplified by the way you go up the mountain, is more important than getting to the summit,” says 

Conrad Anker, an American mountaineer who has climbed Everest. “For commercial expeditions, it’s more about getting to the summit.”

And therein also lies the difference between aspiration and ambition, happiness and unhappiness, peace of mind and a life of stress.

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