Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for August 19, 2024
August 12, 2024
August 26, 2024
Transcript:
Race to the top of the world People ask me… PRESS Press: What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? And my answer must at once be: George: It is of no use. George: There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behaviour of the human body at high altitudes… …and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise NOTHING will come of it. Gazette A FOOLISH EXPEDITION Inventor Wastes Fortune Developing “Mechanical Lung” Jewellery & Gems We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver. Not a gem, nor any coal or iron. If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain… …and goes out to meet it… …that the struggle is the struggle of life itself… …upward and forever upward… …then you won’t see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer JOY. And joy is, after all… …the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. PUT PUT PUT PUT PUT We eat and make money to be able to live. PUT PUT PUT PUT PUT PUT PUT That is what life means and what life is for. - George Mallory
FreyjaRN Premium Member 3 months ago
Well said, and the last panel is gorgeous!
boydpercy Premium Member 3 months ago
Excellent!
Durak Premium Member 3 months ago
The Mallory story is inspiring. Thank you.
Bill LaRocque Premium Member 3 months ago
You did it again. A carton delivery of a profound poem. Bravo!
LAFITZGERALD 3 months ago
Amen!!
Teto85 Premium Member 3 months ago
He was found. Or at least what was left of him. IIRC, he did develop an oxygen bottle of sorts. His brother was Trafford Leigh-Mallory of the RAF.
Aimless Melissa 3 months ago
There’s also bragging rights and immortality through being the first or one of the few to do it. Fame. Popularity. Pride. Individuals and nations are two different things. Nations definitely don’t do great Firsts for the sheer joy of it. My point is that people do these things for many reasons. After all, notoriety and cash often go together. The more you have of one, the more you’ll have of the other.
Rocky Premium Member 3 months ago
Outstanding…as usual!