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With Friends in High Places: An Anatomy of Those Who Take to the Hills
With Friends in High Places An Anatomy of Those Who Take to the Hills Author:Malcolm Slesser Spanning seven decades of mountain exploration on seven continents, this fascinating study argues that risk is not the true motivation for mountain climbing. Rather, it’s the joy of exploring a virgin summit or simply a new line on a familiar rock face. It’s matching skill to the challenge of the mountain. It’s the heightening of the senses in u... more »tterly remote places. It’s the elimination of obstacles between nature and the individual.« less