This year, 513 climbers have trooped to the summit of Everest, but it has also claimed four lives.
All told, more than a dozen have died in the high Himalayas.
Without the broader importance of men and women extending the boundaries for all mankind, the climbers of today ... seem to be performing a more selfish, or at least a more personal act.
Yet the families carry a burden just the same.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/weekinreview/25bowley.html?ref=weekinreview
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