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Getting down is mandatory

Posted by on Dec 17, 2009 in Quote of the day | 6 comments
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Axe at summit, Vice-President, Yoho National Park

“Getting to the top is optional, but getting down is mandatory. A lot of people get focused on the summit and forget that”

Ed Viesturs ~ Premier high-altitude mountaineer, first to climb the sever summits of world without supplemental oxygen. Author of No Shortcuts to the Top (1959- )

Photograph by Paul Zizka

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  • http://www.facebook.com/ Erika Monroe-Kane

    I agree with that but, until I realized that was from a mountain climber, I was thinking about getting down, like James Brown likes to do. Make it funky!

  • http://www.facebook.com/ David Holland

    jump back think i wanta kiss myself

  • http://www.facebook.com/ Chip Camillo

    I learned that from James Brown…

  • http://www.facebook.com Erika Monroe-Kane

    I agree with that but, until I realized that was from a mountain climber, I was thinking about getting down, like James Brown likes to do. Make it funky!

  • http://www.facebook.com David Holland

    jump back think i wanta kiss myself

  • http://www.facebook.com Chip Camillo

    I learned that from James Brown…