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By: marc meyer

marc meyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:00:34 +0000

@Derek would that be the current boulder???

By: marc meyer

marc meyer — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:59:55 +0000

@ecairn, I love your comments. Especially this line…”Everything is in context and as you progress you see more of it which may lead to a change of plan or, period, to go back to the starting point.”

Very true..

By: Derek P

Derek P — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:53:00 +0000

Good post, Marc, but sorry to hear about your Mom’s health. Sounds like she’s got the right attitude though.

As for me, I’m definitely on the way up career-wise, but TBH I hadn’t anticipated the boulder being quite so large. So to speak.

By: ecairn

ecairn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:33:51 +0000

Marc
I had to respond…because you have the picture of Mt Everest and the beautiful ridge of the Nuptse on the right. Brought back tons of memory.
Funny enough the picture is taken from a spot where you don’t see the main route which is through the icefall. So, when you engage in something new, like climbing a moutain or starting a company or starting a new job, generally you can see the top and the beginning of a route but you can’t see all of it. Everything is in context and as you progress you see more of it which may lead to a change of plan or, period, to go back to the starting point. Back where you started, you have more knowledge than when you started but you haven’t been to the top. In circumstances like that, we, human being will try again. and again. Because we’re driven, action oriented, stubborn and we can’t stay where we are because it feels like the end. We don’t like the end.
If you’re curious, read about the myth of sysyphus….talk about climbing a mountain again and again