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Article in the SMH 7-Jan-2009 At 5:32:21 PM brendan

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"Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship...From their lofty summits, I view my past, dream of the future, and with unusual acuity I am allowed to experience the present moment. My strength renewed, my vision cleared, in the mountains I celebrate creation. On each journey I am reborn." -Anatoli Boukreev,

this is one of my favourite quotes, everybody goes into the hills for diffrent reasons. Some people go to push there limits, Some people go with a guide to be "safe". It sounds like these guys where pushing there limits. Climbing over here is a catch 22 situation, if you stick your neck out and climb something hard your a hero, if you die people think you shouldnt have been there. I have read "Aspiring" and don't think Kieren should have been on Aspiring, even with a guide. If he had died he would have been pushing his limit and in over his head, instead he summited writes a book, and thinks he's a hero...