"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
it's about learning to dance in the rain."
- Vivian Greene
"I don't think we conquered Everest, I think the mountain relented."
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
"...even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve."
- Sir Edmund Hillary
"The only trips I regret are the ones I never took"
- Paddy Pallin
「山に対して優勝することじゃなくて、自分自身のことに対して優勝することだ。」
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Miyajima'Floating' torii (Shinto shrine gate) of the Itsukushima shrine. The 'floating' gate allowed commoners to enter the shrine without setting foot on the island, which they were forbidden to do.
