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Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

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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Autism
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Weird
Focused
Projects
Heaven

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