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DarthFar — Galahad of Everest
Published: 2013-04-16 06:02:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1318; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 23
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"Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?""Because it's there."
George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 - 8?9? June 1924), British mountaineering legend. He and his partner Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine disappeared on 8 June 1924 during the third British Everest Expedition while attempting a first ascent . Mallory's body was found 75 years later on 1 May 1999. Irvine's has not yet been found; and the question of whether they ever reached the summit remains a subject of research and debate.
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0.1mm Artline Drawing System technical pen
Campap 300g cold press felt marked surface watercolour paper
I'm still on a weird traditional art spree. >.< Don't ask.
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I like to think George and Andrew did get there but the problem is that the trick (as Hillary and Norkay would have said) is to come back after getting there.
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Inspirational. Even if he didn't reach the summit.
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Haha, I'll leave that bit to be debated on by the veteran climbers and Everest experts. 
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EXCELLENT ink rendering, quite unlike anything else that I remember from you.
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Thank you, Ric! I like experimenting from time to time.
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Brilliant rendition of the man who showed us that it's not just important to get to the top, it's also important to get back down.
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Paraphrasing Edmund Hillary are we?
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I have no idea what you mean.
No like for real, I don't.
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Oh.
This was what Sir Edmund Hillary had to say on the matter: "If you climb a mountain for the first time and die on the descent, is it really a complete first ascent of the mountain? I am rather inclined to think personally that maybe it is quite important, the getting down, and the complete climb of a mountain is reaching the summit and getting safely to the bottom again."
I just thought you were paraphrasing this, is all!
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No, no, that was my independent observation - mostly based off a childhood in the outback where it's rather critical to plan how you're going to get back from any given place before you plan how you're going to get there.
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LOL, that is a good point indeed! XD
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Gorgeous. This is going on my wall of Stop Whining It Can Be Done Look See Look At All These Amazing Examples Oh Don't CRY.
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Oh pfssh, I've seen your inkwork Sass, and you've got no reason to whine at all.
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