Question:“On which mountain to climb”
On which mountain to climb
A mountain is not chosen by height. It is chosen by the height that leaves strength for the descent. The summit is half. The knees know the other half.
Three descend. Pack one more bottle of water and turn back while the sun remains.
- BukhansanYou walk in from the city and meet a ridge of granite.
- JirisanIt cannot be walked in a day, so the mountain keeps you for a night.
- SeoraksanThe colors of autumn and the bones of rock share one mountain.
Delphi clung to the flank of Mount Parnassus. The oracle stood at the top of a climb.