“Most climbers aren't in fact deranged, they're just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition.”

— Jon Krakauer, book Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

Source: Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

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