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Character:Jon Krakauer.
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“It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.” (pg 269)
Krakauer needed to climb mountains and defy mortality, it defined him.
“Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.” (92)
Krakauer commenting on the desire to climb Everest.
