Shelter
"Basecamp" redirects here. For the online project manager, see Basecamp (software). For the live music service, see Basecamp Productions.Climbers use a few different forms of shelter depending on the situation and conditions. Shelter is a very important aspect of safety for the climber as the weather in the mountains may be very unpredictable. Tall mountains may require many days of camping on the mountain.
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Famous quotes containing the word shelter:
“We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.”
—Fay Weldon (b. 1933)
“You will break the lie of men’s thoughts,
and cherish and shelter us.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“O wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)