Thin air is harder to breathe

Climbing to the top of a mountain is worth nothing if the air is too thin for you to even fill your lungs with the crisp fall air. When you climb a mountain and rappel it too fast to even take in the view, what's the point of climbing? 

When you drive to the canyon to look at the trees, why do you look at a trail of dirt on your way up? 

What would happen if we took the time to scream our lungs off the edge of the mountain as we fling our hearts down the rocky hill we scaled to the top, with our hands numb and skin cold? 

What would happen if I fell? 

What would happen if we fell?