Pasayten's Methow Valley Bulletin Board

As an elderly alpinista, you’ve spent more than half a century struggling on high escarpments, inventing purpose out of hardship, and conjuring meaning from otherwise senseless acts. For Sisyphus to be contented as he toils beneath his rock doesn’t strike you as far-fetched.

But when you contemplate the uncertain future, and the Sisyphean tribulations it’s apt to impose, actual joy seems a little too much to hope for. All things considered, you’d settle for stoical resolve.