Show I Ha Have e Y You ou Met Your Your Mountain I j T HERE are two ways of looking at a mountain Earliest man saw mountains as high walls Only the a adventurous venturous dared to cross them Therefore different languages grew up on opposite sides of high ranges and mountains became the natural boundaries between nations Modern men of a certain spirit behold a mountain as a challenge Mountain climbing is the gre greatest test of all aU the sports Like baseball and football it has its heroes and liter liter- No man can escape his mountains Perhaps you are z r t r i iI F l A I i. i 0 1 0 v Ir y c J L 9 facing yours today Are you discouraged Are you like the primitive man who fancied that evil spirits dwell in the cold high passes V Or are you a a thorough modern game g ame e to the core and eager to a accept the challenge of the heights Modern mountaineers agree that they do not climb for forthe forthe forthe the view Indeed at the top they often find the world shutout shut shutout shutout out by clouds Sir Leslie Stephen who made mountains his playground once said I HI remember with something like a asen sen sense e of shame how on one of the loftiest peaks of Switzerland Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land I spent the precious moments ir in hav having ing my trousers mended ended by a guide who happened to be also a tailor In the business of life as in mountain climbing it is not what happens at the top it is the triumph of the accomplishment accomplish accomplish- ment which makes the sport worth while Dont Don't let today's barriers shut you in Climb them for sheer joy in the game |