Robert Graves 115
It was not merely shown in his preparations for a climb - the careful examination, foot by foot, of the alpine rope, the attention to his boot-nails and the balanced loading of his knapsack - but also in his cautiousness in the climbing itself. Before making any move he thought it out foot by foot, as though it were a problem in chess. If the next handhold happened to be just a little out of his reach or the next foothold seemed at all unsteady he would stop and think of some way round the difficulty.
Good-Bye to All That zieht eine weniger verbreitete Parallele zwischen Schach und Bergsteigen.