One cannot stay on the summit forever
One has to come down again.
So why bother in the first place? Just this.
What is above knows what is below
But what is below does not know what is above.
One climbs, one sees
One descends and sees no longer
But one has seen!
There is an art of conducting one’s self in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up.
When one can no longer see,
One does at least still know.
~ Rene Daumal
Honored as one of the Great Women of Our Time by Women’s Weekly, Joanne Soo is the owner of Ace Adventure, a company that conceptualises and organisesadventure sports events. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer with Ngee Ann Polytechnic and a Trainer with Republic Polytechnic.