"It is not the way of the Wild to like movement. Life is an offence to it, for life is movement; and the Wild aims always to destroy movement. It freezes the water to prevent it running to the sea; it drives the sap out of the trees til they are frozen to their mighty hearts; and most ferociously and terribly of all does the Wild harry and crush into submission man - man who is the most restless of life, ever in revolt against the dictum that all movement must in the end come to the cessation of movement."
(Jack London)
Hi - no idea if this is of any interest to you but cult book The Night Climbers of Cambridge - Japanese version - is free today and tomorrow on Kindle ケンブリッジの 真夜中の登攀者たち http://amazon.co.jp/dp/B009Y7MKBC UK http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B009Y7MKBC US http://amazon.com/dp/B009Y7MKBC - Please don't think I'm spamming - I just don't know many contacts in Japan. Thanks for your time, Jon Gifford
ReplyDeleteHey Jon. No problem at all, thanks for sharing it. I first read and fell under the spell of 'The Night Climbers of Cambridge' some years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope plenty of Japanese climbers can enjoy this excellent piece of British climbing history through your link. All the best. Tony
ReplyDeleteGreat and eminently steal-able quotation from Jack London there - and the pictures too are impressive. Good to see the early ice is still reliably forming on Yatsu...
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