Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
"As de Saussure said, risk-taking brings with it its own reward: it keeps a "continual agitation alive" in the heart. Hope, fear. Hope, fear - this is the fundamental rhythm of mountaineering. Life, it frequently seems in the mountains, is more intensely lived the closer one gets to its extinction: we never feel so alive as when we have nearly died."
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"As de Saussure said, risk-taking brings with it its own reward: it keeps a "continual agitation alive" in the heart. Hope, fear. Hope, fear - this is the fundamental rhythm of mountaineering. Life, it frequently seems in the mountains, is more intensely lived the closer one gets to its extinction: we never feel so alive as when we have nearly died."
"كما قال دي سوسير، إن خوض المخاطر يحمل في طياته مكافأته الخاصة: فهو يُبقي "اضطرابًا مستمرًا حيًا" في القلب. أمل، خوف. أمل، خوف - هذا هو الإيقاع الأساسي لتسلق الجبال. تبدو الحياة، في كثير من الأحيان في الجبال، أكثر كثافة كلما اقترب المرء من فنائها: لا نشعر بالحياة أبدًا كما نشعر بها عندما نكون على وشك الموت."
Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
"Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion."
Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
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