Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing.
“What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.”
“I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do.”