"What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know." - Daumal
Or in this case "one can at least search for the next goal..."
I was actually reading the passage from Daumal a couple of days ago, specifically,
"Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action. You cannot always stay on the summits. You have to come down again..."
Daumal also quoted a climber far more experienced than he, “when your feet will no longer carry you, you have to walk with your head," which I believe came from Zarathustra, "And if all ladders henceforth fail you, then must you learn to mount upon your own head: how could you mount upward otherwise? Upon your own head, and beyond your own heart!"
Throw a little Gurdjieff in the mix and you can write your own guidebook to the mountains, and their lessons.
"What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know." - Daumal
Or in this case "one can at least search for the next goal..."
I was actually reading the passage from Daumal a couple of days ago, specifically,
"Alpinism is the art of climbing mountains by confronting the greatest dangers with the greatest prudence. Art is used here to mean the accomplishment of knowledge in action. You cannot always stay on the summits. You have to come down again..."
Daumal also quoted a climber far more experienced than he, “when your feet will no longer carry you, you have to walk with your head," which I believe came from Zarathustra, "And if all ladders henceforth fail you, then must you learn to mount upon your own head: how could you mount upward otherwise? Upon your own head, and beyond your own heart!"
Throw a little Gurdjieff in the mix and you can write your own guidebook to the mountains, and their lessons.
Oh! Ideas already forming for another endeavor...
This: “when your feet will no longer carry you, you have to walk with your head". That the essence of perseverance.
Thank you Mark.