A lone walker is both present and detached more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.
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In mountaineering if we look for private experience rather than public history even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than the main point and those who only wander in high places become part of the story.
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Leave the door open for the unknown the door into the dark. Thats where the most important things come from where you yourself came from and where you will go.
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