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Whether you agree or disagree, if you stay tied in, you agree.

 

If not now, when?

 

Practically all of "Postcards from the Ledge", particularly Childs' 10 Point Dialectic of the Bivouac ("You can tell who the dominant climber is by who becomes the pillow", "If I had a sleeping bag inside this bivy sack I'd be dry and warm, if I had a bivy sack", "There's always a better ledge just above", "There's never a better ledge just above")

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Life teems with excitement, but man is not ready for adventure unless he is rid of fear. Fear confines him and limits his scope, he stays tethered by strings of doubt and indecision and has only a small narrow world to explore

William O Douglas 1950 book: Of Men and Mountains

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