The urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach … - Daphne du Maurier

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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

Daphne du Maurier

The urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills.

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