We seek The Fear, it's a natural instinct, it's why we hate sitting at a desk, staring at a computer screen.
The accrued guilt and clutter of day-to-day existence - the lapse of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under the couch, the festering familial sores, the inescapable prison of your genes - all of it is temporarily forgotten, crowded from your thoughts by an overpowering clarity of purpose, and by the seriousness of the task at hand. - Jon Krakauer The Devils Thumb |