Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
                           - Oliver Wendell Holmes


The Palo Alto Public Library
Great resource complementing wonderfully the Stanford Libaries collection.

The Road Less Travelled, by Scott Peck.
"`Once we know that life is difficult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.' Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid. And the very avoidance results in greater pain and an inability to grow both mentally and spiritually."
--http://www.cygnus-books.co.uk/mind_body_spirit_books/road_less_travelled.htm

highaperture.com
The beautiful photography album of my friend, Mihai.

Interesting: Climbing Blind Tibet Expedition 2004.