"K2 is not some malevolent being, lurking there above the Baltoro, waiting to get us. It's just there. It's indifferent. It's an inanimate mountain made of rock, ice, and snow. The "savageness" is what we project onto it, as if we blame the peak for our own misadventures on it."

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Source : Ed Viesturs, David Roberts (2009). “K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain”, p.310, Broadway Books

Ed Viesturs

#Rocks Quotes #Ice Quotes #Snow Quotes

“Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis...”

Source : Aimee Friedman (2012). “Ocean of Secrets”, p.148, Scholastic UK
“What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.”
“When in doubt, go for the dick joke.”
“God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.”
“We're happy with what we've achieved. Every record we've made has furthered the growth of our line of success. It's never disappeared or gone backward: each record sells more, each tour is bigger.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting. That's just a phase I've been in lately. I don't think this should be how i proceed in life. It's important to be self-aware about these things because you don't want to end up with that guy.”
“The Gallifreyan balls are my favourite because you can juggle with them!”
“There seeps from heavily jowled or hawk-like foreign faces The guttural sorrow of the refugees.”

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