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Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High QUOTES

Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High QUOTES

1 " I like the mountains because they make me feel small,' Jeff says. 'They help me sort out what's important in life. "

― , Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

2 " It's a tough lesson: There is no summit that comes before you expect it. "

― , Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

3 " I just love all this,' Walt says. 'The sights, the smells, making the effort and pushing yourself and getting something that's really hard to get. I'll fly on a plane and people will look out the window at thirty thousand feet and say, 'Isn't this view good enough for you?' And I say no, it's not good enough. I didn't earn it. In the mountains, I earn it. "

― , Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High

4 " Ah, Colorado: the one place in America where people wake up earlier on weekends than workdays. "

― , Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled--and Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High