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For several days, Couzy, the youngest of the party, would, in spite of all his arduour & enthusiasm, be condemned to stay low to carry out an essential but unspectacular job. He did it to perfection, & without a single word of complaint... It is this admirable spirit of self- denial which determines the strength of a team
— Dec 28, 2021 07:26AM
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I leant over Terray & said confidentially, 'You're in such splendid form, & you've done so marvelously, it's absolutely tragic you didn't come up there with us!'
'What I did was for the Expedition, my dear Maurice, & anyway you've got up, & that's a victory for the whole lot of us.'
I nearly burst with happiness. How could I tell him what his answer meant to me?
— Jan 01, 2022 09:16PM
'What I did was for the Expedition, my dear Maurice, & anyway you've got up, & that's a victory for the whole lot of us.'
I nearly burst with happiness. How could I tell him what his answer meant to me?
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How oddly their minds worked. Here were these men, proverbial for their trustworthiness & devotion, who quite certainly enjoyed going high on the mountains; and yet, when on the point of reaping the fruits of their labours, they prudently held back. But I don't doubt their mentality struck them as even odder.
(Herzog, on offering to include Angtharkay a chance to be part of the summit assault & the latter declining.)
— Jan 01, 2022 08:19PM
(Herzog, on offering to include Angtharkay a chance to be part of the summit assault & the latter declining.)
