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Mount Analogue

Mount Analogue
René Daumal Original title Le Mont Analogue. Roman d'aventures alpines, non euclidiennes et symboliquement authentiques (French, 1952)

Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing is a classic novel by the early 20th-century French novelist René Daumal.

“There is an art to finding your way in the lower regions by the memory of what you have seen when you were higher up. When you can no longer see, you can at least still know...”

René Daumal book Mount Analogue

Mount Analogue (1952)

“Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action.”

René Daumal book Mount Analogue

Mount Analogue (1952)

“So what’s the point? Only this: what is above knows what is below, what is below does not know what is above. While climbing, take note of all the difficulties along your path. During the descent, you will no longer see them, but you will know that they are there if you have observed carefully.”

René Daumal book Mount Analogue

Mount Analogue (1952)

“My observations are those of a beginner.”

René Daumal book Mount Analogue

Mount Analogue (1952)
Context: My observations are those of a beginner. As they are completely fresh in my mind and concern the first difficulties a beginner encounters, they may be more useful to beginners making their first ascents than treatises written by professionals. These are no doubt more methodical and complete, but are intelligible only after a little preliminary experience. The entire aim of these notes is to help the beginner acquire this preliminary experience a little faster.

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