Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow. (Annie Smith Peck)

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

Annie Smith Peck

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