Sunday, December 14, 2008

Иссык-кулские Гребешки















I just climbed a mountain. We summited the second day, what a feeling—such a tangible sense of accomplishment. Иссык-кулские Гребешки, Issyk-Kul Mushroom, 3360 meters. It's pretty amazing what the body can do, and how far it can go in a day. Nature and high elevation have such an effect of reflection and contemplation. It will always baffle me where I find such enthusiasm for excursions that induce such discomfort and stretch the limits of my physical ability, but it's all in the challenge—and without fail, in the end I only remember the joys.

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations Cam! Love the blog. What a luxury to have such access to your thoughts, feelings and images! I am more eager than ever to visit and meet your friends.

    Much love
    Mom

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  2. Hi Cam,
    Hi Cam. I put this on the bookmarks bar. And now I open your blog more than not.
    So I had a moment of angst about Dev's back country plans, but over it now. So...

    Love Dad

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  3. So I was thinking about really "roughing it" on our trip. I figure since we're doing the whole carry-on only thing per our limited Ryanair tickets, I might pass on other daily necessities once we leave Spain like shaving. This probably won't happen, but your very clean face reminded me of the possibility.

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  4. Where's your O2? Great blog, keep it up.

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