Art of Freedom: The Life and Climbs of Voytek Kurtyka

by Bernadette McDonald

Unfortunately, also by vanity.

To know a mountain, you must sleep on it. —Tom Longstaff, This My Voyage

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. —Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours

“Physical exertion is the best food for your spirit and your brain.”