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Hmm. Climbing is a strange hobby. I've been to a lot of the places they mention, climbing hotspots, famous natural landmarks etc, but I've never had the slightest desire to do more than bouldering and hiking. Climbing and base jumping transcend risk and add no value. Last Sunday morning, from the midway point of a day-hike, at a gorgeous vantage point about 1500 feet above Yosemite Valley, I watched as Dean Potter's body bag was helicoptered toward Mariposa. I don't get it. I couldn't ever become involved in a pastime in which taking every conceivable safety precaution wasn't always enough. Climbing just isn't a good sport.