The Climbing As A Whole Is Not

The Solution May Be For A Lot Of The World's Problems Is To Turn Around And Take A Forward Step. You Can't Just Keep Trying To Make A Flawed System Work.

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The Whole Purpose Of Climbing Something Like Everest Is To Effect Some Sort Of Spiritual And Physical Gain. But If You Compromise The Process You’re An Asshole When You Start Out And An Asshole When You Get Back.

The Reason It Was So Scary Was That There Was Only One Climber Capable Of Rescuing Us, And That Was Layton Kor, And He Was In Colorado.

Hiring People With Diverse Backgrounds Brings In A Flexibility Of Thought And Openness To New Ways Of Doing Things, As Opposed To Hiring Clones From Business Schools Who Have Been Taught A Codified Way Of Doing Business.