Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Will it be door number 1, door number 2 or.....

Ahhh, my literary hero Joe Tasker has more on that:

Now I had come to know that I would not stop climbing; this mountain scene was exhilarating rather than oppressive, full of endless opportunity. Sometimes I feel as if the mountains have become an addiction, the pleasure gone, the compulsion to partake remaining.
Joe Tasker, Everest the Cruel Way page 118

Harvey