Krackauer His story
"I devoted most of my waking hours to fantasize about mountains in Alaska." - Jon Krackauer
"As I formulated my plan to climb the Thumb, I was dimly aware that I might be getting in over my head. But that only added scheme's appeal. That is wouldn't be easy was the whole point."
"I decided, moreover, to do it alone."
"The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska British Columbia Border East of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat and plane."
"All that held me to the world were two thin spikes of chrome molybdenum stuck half an inch into a smear of frozen water, yet the higher I climbed the more comfortable I became"
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