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Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.

Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
Journalist
Mountaineer
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
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Equipment
Boldest
Considered
Unforgiving
Mountain
Imaginable
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Tackling
Getting
Minimal
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Routes
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Earned

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