“. I am getting rather tired of hearing athletes talk like anything they do benefits mankind in any way. While the feat itself is extremely impressive, it is ultimately meaningless and the world is no different today because of it. . . . Why don’t you devote all that time and energy into doing something for someone else for a change? Synnott, Mark. The Impossible Climb (p. 390). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. Synnott, Mark. The Impossible Climb (p. 390). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. ”