Yes, WOW was why. :-) I took a picture of Mount Lassen yesterday, from far away, and was drawn to it - so mysterious, and massive, too. I am settling in this area, and the mountain stands out. I wanted to get to know it better. Climbing the mountain is a pure subject/object relationship, and the mountain calls the shots. The climbing is a sort of devotion, to the laws the mountain puts into place. Lose the devotion, and suffer the consequences, quickly. At first, in the parking lot, looking up to the farthest ridge, seeing these ant-like forms working forward, single file, and thinking, "yeah, I want to be up there, too!". To be in the cold and height, felt very pure, very clean, and uncluttered, in every sense. Like walking into, and through, an achingly crisp, deep blue, and rock silence, leaving all trees and plants behind, adjusting to the lower oxygen (30% less than at sea level), consciously breathing more deeply, and hiking v-e-r-y slowly, and steadily into thinner air - even the discomfort was minimal, compared to the awe and beauty, of being two miles up, and still grounded. Everything is massive, up there, like a god's home, crags of rock hundreds of feet tall, steep slopes a thousand feet down, and peaks in every direction. Starkly alive, and very, very clear air.
It was also *great* to descend, with each 200 feet or so, a source of more air. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : WOW, but why did you do it ? mount lassen national park - Google-søk https://www.google.no/search?q=mount+lassen+national+park&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LQgBVKKeHuTgyQOH9oHACA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1119&bih=620 https://www.google.no/search?q=mount+lassen+national+park&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LQgBVKKeHuTgyQOH9oHACA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1119&bih=620 mount lassen national park - Google-søk https://www.google.no/search?q=mount+lassen+national+park&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LQgBVKKeHuTgyQOH9oHACA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1119&bih=620sterday thescienceforum.com Lassen Volcanic National Park 681 × 454 - 65k - jpg northcoastphotographer... Below is Mount Lassen from 750 × 563 - 255k - jpg ro... View on www.google.no https://www.google.no/search?q=mount+lassen+national+park&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LQgBVKKeHuTgyQOH9oHACA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1119&bih=620 Preview by Yahoo
