There's a line somewhere in a documentary (I think probably Annapurna South Face) where, after one of the climbers has died, Don Whillans says words to the effect of: you do these things knowing the risk, knowing the potential price, but still, whenever someone pays it, it feels like the price is too high.
Here's hoping Toby Benham gets to come back the way Paul Pritchard has.
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Date: 2011-09-22 04:21 pm (UTC)Here's hoping Toby Benham gets to come back the way Paul Pritchard has.