Getting down is mandatory

“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

6 Responses to “Getting down is mandatory”

1. Erika Monroe-Kane says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   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!

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2. David Holland says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   jump back think i wanta kiss myself

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3. Chip Camillo says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   I learned that from James Brown…

   Reply
4. Erika Monroe-Kane says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   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!

   Reply
5. David Holland says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   jump back think i wanta kiss myself

   Reply
6. Chip Camillo says:

   December 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

   I learned that from James Brown…

   Reply