How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
They spotlit the progress of a small man sitting in a rickety box suspended on a cable over the gorge, pulling himself toward them. (8.85)
The people of the mountain village of the Karakoram are resourceful, but only to satisfy their immediate needs. They can move single people across the chasms with their cable box, but they can't move supplies… yet.
Quote #5
To find ibex, they'd have to climb high. (10.56)
Even hunting in the mountains isn't simple. They have to hike high just to find food—they can't just go to the 7-11 and buy a shrink-wrapped package of ibex jerky. Nom nom.
Quote #6
Mortenson marveled at how efficiently he'd been able to summon these men from the far corners of northern Pakistan, even though their distant valleys didn't have phones. (15.25)
The people of these regions don't need modern conveniences. They have feet and mouths and the ability to walk and talk, thank you very much. And this is how they conquer the nature that surrounds them: with their own strength and wits.