It never hurts to ask -- The beating on Mount Elbert -- The quandary of dreaming -- Finding my pace on Mount Quandary -- Time : love's allegory -- Freedom to fail -- A much-loved nothing -- Humility is for losers -- On false summits -- Freedom to question -- How do you celebrate discipline? -- Living in the moment on Longs Peak -- Sometimes the dragons win -- Accepting things I cannot change -- Rising and falling to assumptions -- What's in a name? (the tale of Skippy and Pete) -- Choices on the Continental Divide -- Electric air on Holy Cross -- Beauty beyond imagination -- Walking each other home -- Afterword: Lessons from the final fourteener.

The author describes the physical and spiritual journey he took to climb Colorado's highest mountain with his father, author Richard J. Foster, and discusses the impact this experiences had on their relationship.

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