Friday 29 March 2013

JACOB'S LADDER

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ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.
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SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TO GO.
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AND SO IT BEGINS.
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I JUMPED WELL ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE PACK TO TAKE THIS PIC OF CARO AND CHRIS TURNING A CORNER.
// PATS SELF ON THE BACK. //
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CARO SOLDIERS ON.
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CHRIS HARDLY BREAKS A SWEAT.
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CLEARLY,
THIS IS A HAIRY HIKE.
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 MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON STEP NUMBER 473 OR SOMETHING.
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YAY, WE MADE IT!
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QUIET MAJESTY.
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SHARING THE VIEW WITH SOME MOUNTAIN BIKERS.


Woulda been much easier if I weren't trashed the night before. I don't know what even prompted me to get up from bed. But I did. And I walked the walk I told myself, come on, this is maybe one of the last walks Chris and I were to do together before he leaves for Canberra.

But damn it, I wish somebody had warned me about Jacob's Ladder! I would have stayed in bed and simply done another walk with Chris the next day, no problem.

One foot in front of the other, I urged myself as heavy beads of sweat burst from my pores like gushing water from a faucet. My lungs strained painfully against my chest. But I wasn't about to get beat by steps, no no no.

I counted 549 steep steps.

I could be wrong.

I was cross eyed by the time we got to the top.







1 comment:

Jason's Corner said...

Somehow initially I read the title as Jacob's Bladder! LOL!!!