from my perspective of man
1.opt to build a base camp at that mountain and try to make it
inhabitable for himself until he cannot stand the harsh
condition
yes, because man are not very patient creature, if they cant stand
it, they will move on . we endure ..to a certain point , where even
love is not enough to stand it anymore
case in point, in my early days with my wife, thank god i stay on(
cause sex is good) there are times i was thinking "how can i endure
this?day in day out?". it was frustrating because its always
quarelling, i was enduring she scold and nag and i listen but soon
i started to count days, but we sat down and sort out our
differences, but no , rome was not build in a day,
but we both made CONSCIOUS EFFORTS to accomodate and accept each
other flaws hence making my base camp very inhabitable, and to be
honest i was planning to move out to the cantina where there is
many nice mexican woman ...hehe 
