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Climb up, rappel down… jumar and haul… take a ten foot fall… choke myself with the weight of the equipment on my gear sling.

The concept of the paradigm came to mind as I looked down past my feet to see how far I had come.

Philosophers suggest that paradigms are to be found as you ascend the Mountain. Quantum leaps or expansions of Awareness that are rarely found on the lower slopes of the Mountain.

René Daumal taught us that paradigms are rare, the search for them is difficult and even dangerous, for it is often necessary to extract them from the face of a precipice.

I kept my eyes open for one as I ascended the cliff!

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