Alan Rouse
Alan Paul Rouse (December 19, 1951 – August 10, 1986) was the first British climber to reach the summit of the second highest mountain in the world, K2, but died on the descent.
Read more about Alan Rouse: Education, Mountaineering, 1986 K2 Disaster, Commemoration
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“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”
—Korean proverb, quoted in Alan L. Mackay, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (1977)
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To rouse a lion than to start a hare!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)