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Time is relative. We don’t remember everything equally well. The moments that etch into our beings are the ones where something changes.
As climbers we hope that it’s the summit moment; clouds parting, a ray of sunshine beaming down and touching our foreheads as we embrace our teammates in joy. Climbing is an inherently frivolous, dangerous, and selfish pursuit – if you spend a life in the mountains and are still able to read this, you understand and accept the value set of putting yourself at risk – and we do it all for a few exultant minutes at the top.