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1 " I have always felt safest alone on the side of a hard-to-reach wall or a mountain. Although I understand that I could die in the mountains, I trust the hand of nature, and I know it will do me no harm. People seem to change and do confusing things. Places, on the other hand, I can count on. "
― , High Infatuation: A Climber's Guide to Love and Gravity
2 " I am perhaps excessively independent and generally reclusive, and I hated having to ask people for help, but I could see that this was yet another opportunity to work on a weakness. Free Rider was stretching me in ways I had never anticipated. "
3 " The darkness hid the wild exposure, and I was surprised to feel totally relaxed, climbing much faster and more efficiently than I had hoped. "
4 " Climbing, simply and joyfully, is the way I love the world. "
5 " I felt strong enough to go back down to piece together the exposed, powerful moves on the second pitch of the headwall, the “boulder problem pitch. "
