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I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
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- Jon Krakauer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jon Krakauer: documented activity in 1990. Wikidata Q368337, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368337 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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