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The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light.
Jon Krakauer
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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
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Mountaineer
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Brookline
Massachusetts
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