RIP Ben and Gil
I have climbed an easier route of Palcaraju Peak in Peru, not the one Ben and Gil climbed. Pullharder.org has entries by Ben in their blog.
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
