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...

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.
Rebecca Solnit

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Italian cities have long been held up as ideals not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts.
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A lone walker is both present and detached more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.
- Rebecca Solnit

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. Rebecca Solnit

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.
Rebecca Solnit