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手里正好有Steve Roper的那本书,超一段结尾的精彩评论
Chapter 10, Ringing Down the Curtain P231
Harding and Robbins dropped out of big-time climbing in the early 1970s, and their long-time rivalry finally ended, as unresolved as it had ever been. Though their approaches to rock climbing differed radicall, their antagonism had never ecome personal: each tended to make a climbing "statement" instead. The following comments, tough generalized, seem accurate to me.
Hrding tended to climb for fun and glory, caring little what his peers thought. Robbins, oth the other hand, cared very much what his peers thought, Wanting to be the best, and craving respect from his fellow climbers, he archieved both. But he climbed largely for himself, not the crowd -- and on major climbs the word "fun" wasn't part of his lexicon. Harding climbed to tell, and sell, stories later; Robbins took to the cliffs to examine his strengths and weaknesses. harding genuflected to the outside for recognition; Robbins peered inward. harding regarded climbing as a farcical exercise, a game where you clowned around as much as possible. First touching rock at age twenty-eight, he had no background in, and little grasp of, the nuances of sport -- which undoubtedly explains his irreverence. Robbins, nurtured in his youth by splendid mountain men such as Chuck Wilts and John Mendenhall, respected the traditions and ethics of mountaineering -- which undoubtedl explains his reverence. He should always remain so. Harding dreamed bolts; Robbins abhorred them. Harding subdued to big walls; Robbins was humbled by them. Harding felt that one's personality dominated the climbs; Robbins felt, instead, that the cliffs shaped character. |
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