Quote of the week

Charles Houston - pictured in the lead on K2 - had a long fruitful life, however he always felt that it was the friendships in mountaineering that mattered most. So raise a glass to Fossil friendships ... "When men climb on a great mountain together, the rope between them is more than a mere physical aid to the ascent; it is a symbol of the spirit of the enterprise. It is a symbol of men banded together in a common effort of will and strength against their only true enemies: inertia, cowardice, greed, ignorance, and all weakness of the spirit."