re: Remember when you could escape?

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I wasn't aware that the mountains discriminated against anyone

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Ah, but they do!

They eliminate the weak, and the weak willed.

And short of installing escalators in our wilderness, I’m sure some loon has already drawn up plans,you can’t make them accessible. You can’t water them down.

It’s an inherently elitist activity, because some people don’t have the endurance or the force of will for it.

And I don’t meant elitism in the sense of money or status.

Elitism, for me at least, goes back to the Greek idea of aristos, which meant best men, and best in the sense of character.

One of the downfalls of our culture, is that we’ve made virtue a sin. We drag each other down, rather than raise up heroes, and try to emulate them. We wallow in the mud, rather than try and improve ourselves. We excuse weakness and inadequacy, rather than push people to stand on their own.