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The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.
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accomplishment
achievement
adversity
anger
climbing
encouragement
falling
heart
inspirational
motivational
perseverance
persistence
strength
success
try-again
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Criss Jami |
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Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.
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climbing
dance
hiking
rhythm
rock
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Jack Kerouac |
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I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
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climbing
into-the-wild
krakauer
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Jon Krakauer |
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Think only on the climb. Think on what you control
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climbing
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Lois Lowry |
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"STRAUSS:Have you ever thought about putting those experiences into a book? RICHIE:I did decide to write about what i experienced in climbing to the top. And finally when I got there, I discovered what was at the top.You know what was there?
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climbing
experiences
finally
life
top
writing
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Neil Strauss |
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"Bouldering isn't really a sport. It's a climbing activity with metaphysical, mystical, and philosophical overtones." -John Gill-"
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climbing
philosophy
sport
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Jon Krakauer |
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But then suddenly there was no place higher to go. I felt my cracked lips stretch into a painful grin. I was on top of the Devil's Thumb. Fittingly, the summit was a surreal, malevolent place, an improbably slender wedge of rock and rime no wider than a file cabinet. It did not encourage loitering. As I straddled the highest point, the south face fell away beneath my right boot for twenty-five hundred feet; beneath my left boot the north face dropped twice that distance.
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climbing
devil-s-thumb
summit
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