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applegrove

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1. I know it is tiring, but pretend you are John Krakauer and near the summit of Mt. Everest,
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:26 AM
14 hrs ago

and fight on to convince another non voter to vote another day.

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1816662-into-thin-air-a-personal-account-of-the-mt-everest-disaster


"When I rest I feel utterly lifeless except that my throat burns when I draw breath.… I can scarcely go on. No despair, no happiness, no anxiety. I have not lost the mastery of my feelings, there are actually no more feelings. I consist only of will. After each few metres this too fizzles out in unending tiredness. Then I think nothing. I let myself fall, just lie there. For an indefinite time I remain completely irresolute. Then I make a few steps again."

Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air

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