NYT piece on gent climbing Everest

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The article ends with:
“To summit is optional,” he said, paraphrasing the mountaineer Ed Viesturs, “to get back down is mandatory.” And, again, I chose to believe him.
It is an expression I heard long ago and have been using often, in a modified form: "Reaching the summit is optional; returning to your car is not". Now I know where it came from.
 
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