Monday, January 19, 2015

Edmund Hillary

Do your recall when Edmund Hillary and his native guide, Tenzing, made their historic climb of Mt. Everest? Coming down from the peak Hillary suddenly lost his footing. Tenzing held the line taut and kept them both from falling by digging his ax into the ice. Later Tenzing refused any special credit for saving Hillary's life; he considered it a routing part of the job. As he put it: "Mountain climbers always help each other."

Should the rest of us be any different?

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