"The First six days of the trek went by in an ambrosial blur. The trail took us past glades of juniper and dwarf birch, blue pine and rhododendron, thundering waterfals, enchanting boulder gardens, burbling streams." Into Thin Air - John Krakauer page 50.
I've made a lot of references towards the hike that I'm about to go on, but as of this point in time and with it basically a week away from the departure date it's at the for front of my mind. I'm trying not to concentrate too much on work this weekend and take some time to myself. I continued reading Into the Wild by John Krakauer since I got sidetracked by work earlier this year while trying to read it. As I read this page and came across this section in the paragraph I was caught off guard. The description he uses while walking up toward this giant mountain is a description that anyone could make in other places in the world. From what I've read about the section of the AT I'll be hiking the rhododendron come in full bloom along the same strech. Also, burbling streams around the area do lead to thundering waterfalls. It amazes me that one can talk about a place that is half way across the world and I can use the same description as I think about what I hope to see as I hike. Although, the grandeur of the mountains near Everest probably engulf people more fully than those along the AT. To see a mountain that is clearly far above cloud cover would be astonishing. Maybe one day I'll be able to see the same scene of one similar to that which John Krakauer experienced.
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