For this blog, I asked my good friend and climbing partner, Eric Alexander, to write his perspective on our recent climb of Mt. Baker. I've been putting my life in Eric's hands for more than 20 years now, so in the following article, I think you'll see why. - Erik Weihenmayer “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Friedrich Nietzsche is credited with having said this, and, while this is often true, I have to wonder - does it make us…