Some Mountaineers Are Proud Of Having Done All Their Climbs Without Bivouac.

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Some mountaineers are proud of having done all their
climbs without bivouac. How much they have missed! And
the same applies to those who enjoy only rock climbing,
or only the ice climbs, only the ridges or the faces.
We should refuse none of the thousand and one joys that
the mountains offer us at every turn. We should brush
nothing aside, set no restrictions. We should experience
hunger and thirst, be able to go fast, but also know how
to go slowly and to contemplate.
-- Gaston Rebuffat, "Starlight and Storm"

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