Dear Humans,

I’ve never been to Nepal. Heck, I’ve never even been to Asia. So I’ve never seen Mt. Everest and I most probably never will. And I most certainly will never climb Mt. Everest or even attempt to climb it. Heck, I’ve never even climbed a 14er.

But I still feel like Mt. Everest belongs to me. Because I remember seeing the number 29,032 at the top of the list of World’s Tallest Peaks in the World Almanac when I was in 4th grade, because I read Into Thin Air when I was in high school.

In the same way, Mt. Everest belongs to you. Not for you to climb and litter up with spent oxygen bottles, but it belongs to you in the same way that everything in the world belongs to all curious people: to know about, to think about, to fit into the unsolvable puzzle of this strange world that you belong to.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt