From Wild Sky

From Wild Sky - Baring Mtn. © Ken James McLeod

-- Peaks of Baring in the center, almost Grotto to the left, with peaks of Index, and Persis to the right --

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly . . . who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievment, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat.

Teddy Roosevelt

Inspired by past communications specifically with Mark Boyle, Brian Curtis, Virgil Harder, Sandy McKean, Jeff Mix, Bob Pfeifer, Mike Swayne, and Hans Helm

KJM

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