At the time, I had no real intentions to take up mountaineering or climbing as a passion.
A mix of desperation, humility -- at the grand scale of the universe that we are absolutely incapable of comprehending in all our smallness -- and a need to find fellowship through those who can know and understand us, climbing is a passion that while dangerous, can end up our savior in the end.
Instead of thinking you should throw in the towel on rock-climbing, consider using your math abilities to help you fund your rock-climbing passion.
Fit, friendly and relentlessly upbeat, Juan is a thirty-something explorer with a passion for mountains exceeded only by his passion for climbing them in cutting-edge outdoor gear.
Working as a climbing guide and serving as an Outdoor Action leader while at Princeton allowed the anthropology major to combine her love of academics with her passion for climbing.
In addition to sharing a love of medicine, Robison and Birukova shared a passion for climbing, and for music.
By August 2005, Mr. Naughton had discovered a passion for climbing tall trees and felling limbs, and added arborist to his résumé.
Anthoine was a wild child, but later, in a management training program for the carpet industry, was sent to an Outward Bound school and this experience is where his passion for climbing began.
He had a childhood interest in photography, which became more serious after he left school and, in 1989, went to live in the Italian Alps to pursue his passion for climbing.
The story opens with Clodagh being packed off to school in London after a macabre accident that claimed the life of a boy who got caught up in her passion for climbing electrical pylons.
Eidos, makers of the game on which the film is based, granted Gordonstoun use of the images free of charge because the school is credited with giving Lara Croft her passion for climbing and shooting.
