Sometimes you like someone so much that you're willing to hike up 4,000 ft, sweating like a pig, staying on your feet for 10 hours, carrying a gallon of water on your back* – all for the sake of spending a day with them, doing what they love. And if you're lucky, they will like you enough to tolerate you complaining that you're starving, you're thirsty, you're tired, that you wish you could have slept later than 6 am, you wish you had never been talked into this, and who's great idea was it after all to eat lunch sitting on a rock surrounded by mud, with your fingers freezing to your sandwich.
It was the perfect time to see waterfalls cascading down the mountains.
Yep. I'm lucky. Very lucky!
Hike up Dent de Verreu, near Samoëns, France, on June 01, 2009. I'm proud to say that more such hikes ensued and the whole experience became less painful each time.
*Okay, I confess, I've actually been so lucky that I haven't even had to carry that much going up!
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2 comments:
Hi, Kathryn, first time I am commenting a blog...I just wanted to tell you how much I like your blog. Especially the information on Weimar. As well the hiking article is great. I love hiking too, but it becomes strenuous sometimes. Greetings from Zurich
Sabine
What a beautiful region. Those landscapes are stunning! A place I'd love to visit.
Thanks for passing on my blog and for leaving a comment! You were right, I took my pictures in Russin. :-) I'm glad you enjoyed my photos.
Cheers,
Rosa
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