Ascent (Peak #3)

by Roland Smith

“He has the skills, the climbing chops, but knowing what to do and being able to physically accomplish what you want to do are two different things.”

Aa

Wanting to climb a mountain and actually climbing it were two different things.

A

When you climb a mountain, you need to be looking forward not backward.”

C

What were we thinking? I smiled. We were thinking like climbers. Optimistically. How else can you climb impossible things?

D

Josh wasn’t kidding about there not being much real estate outside the tent. It was a three-foot step to death.

D