I'm just stepping outside - I may be some time. Good old Oates.
Can't we just learn to look? What is it about mountaineering, poles, oceans and stuff? Fair enough the first time, Hilary, but does that mean 40,000 people need to get to the top? Loving the environment is all about respect and has nothing to do with conquering and nothing to do with leaving all your mess, sometimes for eons. I am a walker, but that's a space, not an achievement. I similarly 'get' skiing, sailing and diving, but who cares who holds the records? I like oxygen, can't imagine oxygen-free.
lyrics
MALLORY'S SONG
One more tragedy, a man meant to die
Scott and Mallory, too far, too high
Too far, too high
The poles and the oceans, all mountain peaks
Faster or further, oxygen free
Oxygen free
Mallory, lying in the snow
Pearl white back, almost aglow
Oates all alone, the blizzard closed in
Crawls to the south, consumed by the wind
Mallory, Mallory
Where did it take you, did you ever see?
(We believed in you)
Many have followed - their mess in the snow
Oxygen bottles, a frost-bitten toe
A new tale of woe
Undoubted courage, the Sherpas must show
Why fight a blizzard when we already know
We already know
Mallory, lying in the snow
Pearl white back, almost aglow
Oates all alone, the blizzard closed in
Crawls to the south, consumed by the wind
Mallory, Mallory
Where did it take you, did you ever see?
(We believed in you)
Mallory, Mallory
Where did it take us, will we ever see?
(We believed in you)
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