Rock and Roll
Tuesday was Bushkill Falls.
Wednesday was raindrops and cribbage.
Thursday was Dingman Falls.
Friday was Mount Minsi via the Appalachian Trail.
Tuesday was 1267 steps and two free t-shirts.
Wednesday was 5 geese floating happily down the Delaware River and 20 inches of 8 by 8 burnt half way through late that night.
Thursday there were 248 steps. On the way up 214 gained height and 34 gave it back away. Late that night there were stars and the moon.
Finally there was Friday. Friday started at 10:40 AM and ended at 10:36 PM. There were no steps and no geese and no fire and we didn't get free t-shirts for having completed the route. There were many rocks to get past. There was a challenging stream to cross. 6:56 had us at the top of Mount Minsi looking down into the darkness of the Delaware Water Gap. There was a fire-road available for descent. This meant it was possible to make way downward in the dark. At the tail end we had Orion and then moonlight as well.
There were rhododendrons and hemlock and water falls and rocks, many rocks, and lichen and moss and ferns.
I did all this in a wheelchair, well sometimes not even in it but just scrambling over top of things. The point though is that I did it, I did it at all. I was in my home state doing stuff and seeing things just like or maybe even twice as good as I'd done in younger days on working legs.
Team work, team work and technique and trust and patience. Over the course of the week these were developed and on Friday a very difficult goal was accomplished. It occurred safely, without excessive risk. It occurred with laughter and courage and joy. It occurred.
Wednesday was raindrops and cribbage.
Thursday was Dingman Falls.
Friday was Mount Minsi via the Appalachian Trail.
Tuesday was 1267 steps and two free t-shirts.
Wednesday was 5 geese floating happily down the Delaware River and 20 inches of 8 by 8 burnt half way through late that night.
Thursday there were 248 steps. On the way up 214 gained height and 34 gave it back away. Late that night there were stars and the moon.
Finally there was Friday. Friday started at 10:40 AM and ended at 10:36 PM. There were no steps and no geese and no fire and we didn't get free t-shirts for having completed the route. There were many rocks to get past. There was a challenging stream to cross. 6:56 had us at the top of Mount Minsi looking down into the darkness of the Delaware Water Gap. There was a fire-road available for descent. This meant it was possible to make way downward in the dark. At the tail end we had Orion and then moonlight as well.
There were rhododendrons and hemlock and water falls and rocks, many rocks, and lichen and moss and ferns.
I did all this in a wheelchair, well sometimes not even in it but just scrambling over top of things. The point though is that I did it, I did it at all. I was in my home state doing stuff and seeing things just like or maybe even twice as good as I'd done in younger days on working legs.
Team work, team work and technique and trust and patience. Over the course of the week these were developed and on Friday a very difficult goal was accomplished. It occurred safely, without excessive risk. It occurred with laughter and courage and joy. It occurred.
posted by Sean at 7:27 PM
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