Most of the famous peaks and blank spots on our maps have been conquered today, but there are still a lot of unknown terrain around and inside our heads.

drawing of a man diving into a black hole

Exploring unknown territory

“Because it is there” is a famous quote by the English adventurer George Mallory, said, when he was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest,  a short time before he and Andrew Irvine started their fatal attempt on Mount Everest (June 1924).

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