>>2645505The saddest part of admiring his work, is that I've always ended up studying or working in his oppostition - be it studying civil engineering in the uni because "I had the smarts to do it and my family kind of led me to it" or working in the military. Now, that I am 21, I've ended up studying geology in my country's most prestigeous unis (it's my first year now) and about half of the professors in my institute are into mining or mountaineering (my country only has one mountain, so they smecialize in mining sand or shale oil). As of now (based off of the few weeks of studying in this field), I love the purely scientific research aspects of geology, but something in me still yearns to go to the woods and not be a part of this every-day race.
This man's work changed my life a lot and I am very thankful for him and his work. Daily life seems fake and society rotten, but I've got to survive somehow right now. I wish I could move off somewhere quiet.
