“There is something about the Himalayas not possessed by the Alps, something unseen and unknown, a charm that pervades every hour spent among them, a mystery intriguing and disturbing. Confronted by them, a man loses his grasp of ordinary things, perceiving himself as immortal, an entity capable of outdistancing all changes, all decay, all life, all death.” MenHoursLosesMysteryCapableOrdinaryCharmImmortalPossessedDecayEntityUnseenDisturbingIntriguingOrdinary ThingsHimalayasAlps Author:Frank Smythe
“In no other pursuit is the best or the worst in a man brought out as in mountaineering. An old friend of civilization may be a useless companion on a mountain.” MenMayWorstCivilizationMountainPursuitUselessCompanionHikingOld FriendsMountaineering Author:Frank Smythe