July 27, 1999
Poem from David Mitchell
AN OLYMPIAN LESSON
I learned from Nanda Devi
That nature required me
To turn back twelve feet
Below each summit
(A gesture of respect
For conquest on time scales
Incomprehensible
To the merely living)
And never cloud
The enduring vision
By spilling tears
On monuments to those
I might have loved.
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