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“Russ, I believe the weather gods are favoring us today. I’d suggest we quickly seize this opportunity for a fine outing of rock climbing. Would you not agree?” — Doug Reed

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West

People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

There was then, and remains with me today, a melancholy mood when I leave a place I’ve thoroughly enjoyed but know in my heart I’ll not likely be back to visit. There’s only so much time, too much rock and way too much world to see.

“There is an old saying that when you start climbing: it’s all about what you climb. Then it becomes more about where you climb, and eventually it’s about who you climb with.”

It was art and dance combined with risk management and handling fear.