The American Tom Hornbein, the first ascentionist of the Everest West-Ridge in 1963, defines mountaineering: Mountaineering is the struggle between the will to life and to the top.
I finally saw Jeonghwan at around 8650m turning around his way, from the top to the camp below, at 7AM as I was climbing down from the top. His turning aback will mean his purpose of the top being end with unfruitful, no more the rule of mountaineering Hornbein defines would hold. However, it is for the finish of mountaineering: Going back to his friends, to other human beings, to the world in which one does not need to risk one's own death as everyday life goes. It is rather to achieve the spirit of mountaineering, for he will be able to think and talk about his climbing.
I finally saw Jeonghwan at around 8650m turning around his way, from the top to the camp below, at 7AM as I was climbing down from the top. His turning aback will mean his purpose of the top being end with unfruitful, no more the rule of mountaineering Hornbein defines would hold. However, it is for the finish of mountaineering: Going back to his friends, to other human beings, to the world in which one does not need to risk one's own death as everyday life goes. It is rather to achieve the spirit of mountaineering, for he will be able to think and talk about his climbing.
Jeonhwan looking over Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world
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