"It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life - that is the deepest personal tragedy."
Edward Abbey
Photo: Prickly-Pear Cactus blooming under Corona Arch; near Moab, UT; May 5, 2014. This arch is popular with rock climbers who do a stunt called "rope swinging." The day before I took this picture, a climber fell and suffered a head injury. His blood was present on the rock slope under the arch when we arrived. A year earlier, a man died doing a similar stunt. It is sad, but I look at it this way: at least they were both doing something they loved.
Edward Abbey
Photo: Prickly-Pear Cactus blooming under Corona Arch; near Moab, UT; May 5, 2014. This arch is popular with rock climbers who do a stunt called "rope swinging." The day before I took this picture, a climber fell and suffered a head injury. His blood was present on the rock slope under the arch when we arrived. A year earlier, a man died doing a similar stunt. It is sad, but I look at it this way: at least they were both doing something they loved.
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