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Show Russell Jacob 16 December 2009 MD: Um, but when you think back on it, you're all amped to go and do it again . Um, so did you ... how quick was that sort of turnaround for you? RJ: Well, certainly climbing was something that I was gonna continue. MD: Um-hum. RJ: Regardless ... I mean, the small mishaps that we encountered were just part of the game. MD: Right. RJ: Just part of the adventure. You know, you're gonna have those. Um, to get back in the high mountains again, uh, you know, it wasn't. . .it didn't come around 'til later on. I mean, there were always the Alps. There was always climbing in the Sierras, uh, in Canada. So, to get.. .I mean, the ~ndes are the second highest mountain range in the world. And it's very easy ... they're very accessible. Extremely accessible. Unlike the Andes or the Karakorum Range ... or not the Andes, the mountains of the Karakorum Range of the Himalayas. They're ... each mountain is an adventure of its own. MD: Um-hum. RJ: Whether it's, uh, an eighteen thousand foot peak or an eight thousand meter peak. You just focus on one peak, whereas the Andes, you've got numerous ones you can check off that are in close proximity to one another. But it's a very accessible high altitude climbing area. MD: Um-hum. RJ: Uh, but it. .. because of the illness that I obtained while I was down there, it didn ' t want me .. .it didn't feel to me that I wanted to go through that again, uh, so quickly. MD: Um-hum. |
