Climbing

I was watching something on Edmund Hillary yesterday and I don’t know - something said was way more impactful than perhaps it should have been, or that I thought it would be.  Apparently, he said something like “the higher I climb the further I can see.”
I guess that impacts me as it is what I want in general terms.  There is something about an enclosed view.  It is not a big picture thing.  Oh there is a time to get down and dirty and to fight my way into a clearing.  Yet I reckon it is so dependant on if the clearing is on my path to where I want to go.
I absolutely need to know what is up ahead to plan.  To know that, I need to get higher to see.  I guess it is why they have towers in scrub to get a good view of any fires that may have broken out so they can deal with the early.
I gain several things by getting higher. I can see if I am still going the way I want to go.  It is incredible how being out one degree means I can miss my mark by kilometres.  I think of the spacecraft aiming for the moon.  One degree out may not look much to start but it is heaps over distance.
The other thing I can see is what lies ahead.  No fighting lasts forever.  I need rest and recouperation.  Climbing high tells me good spots to head to that enhance rest.  I need all my strength for the journey.  Without proper nourishment and rest I am a sitting duck.
I am sure there is heaps of other advantages to getting a good view of what is ahead.  And all this was prompted through Hillery saying “the higher I climb the further I can see.”     I guess climbers would relate it to climbing.  Not me though.  I do not like heights, so I relate climbing to something I do on a personal level.
I am not one who needs to see each step before I do it.  I do though need to know it is the way to go, and the next step to get there.