When you really examine the types of things that Fossils have done in the name of "vacation," and "fun" over the years, it seems almost absurd ... bivouacs in Palisade boulder fields, 16 days storm-bound in a tent on Denali, subsisting on gasoline soaked fruitcake, or even something mundane, like freezing your butt off on an ice climb or losing the ends of the rope. You do begin to doubt our sanity, as well as the sanity of all mountaineers.
And so, it makes perfect sense that H. W. Tilman, looking for a crew to man his boat, which was going to sail off on a climbing trip to climb uncharted peaks, would place the following ad in the London Times newspaper:
NO PAY, NO PROSPECTS, AND NOT MUCH PLEASURE.