He is lucky who, in the full tide of life, has experienced a measure of the active environment he most desires. In these days of upheaval and violent… - Eric Shipton

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He is lucky who, in the full tide of life, has experienced a measure of the active environment he most desires. In these days of upheaval and violent change, when the basic values of to-day are the vain and shattered dreams of to-morrow, there is much to be said for a philosophy which aims at living a full life while the opportunity offers. There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experience of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived.

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About Eric Shipton

Eric Shipton (1 August 1907 – 28 March 1977) was an English Himalayan explorer and climber.

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Alternative Names: Eric Earle Shipton
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After that I was infused with a pleasant sense of abandon. Our rope was not long enough for us to abseil down the red step, and the idea of climbing down it without support from above was not to be contemplated; therefore we just had to reach the summit.

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