on top of the world.

i am on a Mt Everest kick.
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i just finished the kid who climbed everest about bear grylls (man vs wild).  very good.
now i'm reading into thin air by krakauer about the 1996 Everest tragedy -- um, did you know he was there?  i didn't realize that, and... i definitely got like 1/3 into the book last year before quitting.  how shameful that i didn't even realize the author was there?!  i'm able to get much more into it now after bear gryll's easier read.
jared and i also discovered a show documenting an expedition up Everest.  it has the worst thing, though, at moments of tension.  a deep voice intones "ever ever ever ever rest rest rest."  the worst.

why on earth am i on an Everest kick?  I DONT KNOW!  i think it's immoral and irresponsible to do anything so risky.  jared is only allowed to climb Mt Everest if freddy and i both die.  he said ok, if you both die, i'll do it.  i said good, then you'll be joining us soon.  not that i doubt his capabilities or fitness.  it's so interesting; climbing Mt Everest doesn't really involve much climbing.  i mean, you don't have to be a skilled climber.  you just have to be spirited and committed enough to put one foot in front of the other when you might die and your brain IS dying from lack of oxygen.  but i guess maybe skilled climbers are more likely to have the love for mountains.

i guess you feel sort of stripped away and elemental.  that's kind of a good feeling.  but what's the point?  childbirth (even with epidural!!) is like that -- a simplicity of purpose.  but it ends and the experience of childbirth itself doesn't really change a person, i don't think (it's the child).  does the experience of Everest really change a person?

well, i guess there is the death-defying aspect of climbing Mt Everest.  i can't really speak to that.  that might change a person.

i hope, dear reader, you weren't awaiting my big finish where i tie my ramblings into a big, beautiful bow of thematic wonder.  i got nothing.  i'm just genuinely curious about the passion to climb Mt Everest, and i wonder am i just lazy?

{i'm linking this post to "just write" at the extraordinary ordinary!}