everest the west ridge Author:sierra club of all resources, the most crucial is man's spirit. Not dulled, nor lulled, supine, secure, replete, does man create. But out of strern challenge...From what immortal hungers, what sudden sight of the unknown, surges that desire? What flint of fact, what findling light of art or far horizon, ignites that spark? What cry, what music, what strange... more » beauty, strikes that resonance? On these hangs the future of the world.« less