John Sherman quotes:

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life.

It's time to stop producing stuff, and start producing fun.

We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.

Sometimes the best gear for a climb is a good excuse.

It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.

Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.