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The Empty Summit
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The Empty Summit

Lee Schneider
May 12, 2019
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Finally, you have reached the top of the mountain. You steady yourself in the thin air. You squint to reduce the powerful light and look across states, nations, and continents. That snow you see on the neighboring peak? It's twenty miles away as the crow flies. You whip off your oxygen mask to shout out your existence. Maybe you don't do that, because y…

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