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To pioneer, father never had it so rough; he had only to find a peak. I myself could still pioneer merely by finding hard ways up easy peaks—and going back down to spend the night in comfort. Today's mountaineers, however, must look for the hardest way up the hardest peaks, and be willing to spend several successive nights trying to sleep partly inside a sack partly suspended from a cliff. The suspense is tremendous! What next? As a parent of children who may momentarily join the ranks of today's mountaineers, I care. I dread their feeling they must outdo the Eiger and Yosemite men. I hope their pioneering can have more fun in it, no less challenge, and fewer of the spices of danger. |
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