“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.” KnowsFirstsDoeArtStillsMemoriesForeverLearningSawsHigherWalkingMountainOneselfBotherClimbsRegionsClimbingHikingSummitMountaineeringConductingMountain ClimbingClimbing MountainRock ClimbingInspirational Mountain ClimbingHiking In The MountainsMountain TopClimbing Mountains InspirationalWhy BotherClimbing UpClimbing To The Top Author:Rene Daumal
“Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.” ArtRealityTruthFacesScienceExpressionIllusionScientistErrorsPhantomsDouble Standard Author:Rene Daumal
“Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.” ArtCareActionDangerMountainDefinitionsClimbingApplicationConfrontingAlpinism Author:Rene Daumal
