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minus-squareOrigen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·edit-22 months agoI have to admit that I don’t get it. Thank you for that. I didn’t know the quote.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 months agoMountain climber George Mallory famously answered the question of why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest by saying, “Because it’s there.”
minus-squarePancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months ago“Why did you climb the mountain?” “Because it was there.”
I have to admit that I don’t get it. Thank you for that. I didn’t know the quote.
Mountain climber George Mallory famously answered the question of why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest by saying, “Because it’s there.”
“Why did you climb the mountain?”
“Because it was there.”