All men dream: but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds wake in the day
to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers
of the day are dangerous men, for they may
act their dreams with open eyes, to make it
possible.
From T.E Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
This was the opening quote from the book Touching the Void, the most spectacular survival story I've ever heard. I'll leave the details out, besides the fact that any criticism regarding Simon's choices regarding the two are made irrelevant by two facts: Only Joe and Simon were on Siula Grande, and Joe agreed with Simon's choice. The fact that he would do things differently now doesn't mean that what they did before was wrong. Now, he has more experience, more practice, more knowledge. Then, he didn't. Neither did Simon.
Still enjoying Christmas in Wisconsin.
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