A miracle indeed, that's what it takes right now.
I hope she is OK. She's an incredibly strong person with masses of stamina.
Strength does not help, the best of the best are at the mountains mercy. My friend Joe Puryear just died this Fall falling through a cornice. This has been very upsetting for me, the strong meeting the fate of the mountains. There is no simple way to digest this. I am angry. I am sad. I don't understand why good souled people perish and bad souls live, it will always be a mystery to me. Life is simply not fair, but it is what it is for a reason, one that will bewilder mankind for the duration of our existence.
