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# Daniel's Hand-Drawn Curves: Summit, Effort, Intensity, Reward

Daniel Comp's hand-drawn curves for the climb: Summit, Reward (wisdom), Effort (cost) and Intensity (emotion). The equations are on INITIUM section 03, printed page 85. Intensity peaks first, at about 93 at x = 4.5, then effort, at about 90 at x = 6.5, and reward passes effort near x = 9, so cash always lags.

Read the article: [Facets of an S.I. Base Camp](/a/facets-of-an-si-base-camp.html).