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Jon Krakauer
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Into Thin Air
But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Determination and faith are their strongest weapons. At best such men are regarded as eccentric; at worst, mad. . . .
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Jon Krakauer
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Into Thin Air
There were many, many fine reasons not to go, but attempting to climb Everest is an intrinsically irrational act-a triumph of desire over sensibility. Any person who would seriously consider it is almost by definition beyond the sway of reasoned argument.
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Into Thin Air
But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way only to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.
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With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive.
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