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I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
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Brookline
Massachusetts
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Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.
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weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.
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