Why

May 20, 2007 | Filed Under Hiking, Climbing, Inspiration, Heroes 

Mark Twight puts it better than I ever could,

I learned that the summit is of little relevance to me. I value the experience and the changes in my character that each experience imposes… These days I could care less about the grade of a route or whether I succeed or fail. What takes place in my mind is primary.

I believe climbing mountains changed me for the better. But climbing itself has no value, and is only given worth by what each individual is willing to commit to it.

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  1. i, cjw ~.::.~ hiking and climbing in japan » Lost bearings on October 24th, 2007 1:01 am

    […] Amaterasu, the sun goddess, is said to have shut herself away here after her brother Susanoo went rampaged across the land. Without her light, the world started to die, and so the other gods devised a way to lure her back from her hiding place, and finally tempted her out. The cave where she hid is still visible from Takachiho shrine, but it is said that no human has ever set foot there.  To make sure she could never hide again, the door to the cave was hurled northwards and landed in Togakushi (literally door-hiding-place) in Nagano and forms the beautiful mountains around Takatsuma. […]

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