Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Up a Mountain

This past weekend, 3 volunteers of different ages and backgrounds, and myself hiked to the top of the tallest mountain in Ukraine, Mount Hoverla at 2061 meters. It was a great time. There were hiccups and embarrassments, not to mention 4 feet of snow near the top, but in the end we were all successful. There was some risk of avalanche, so we took a guide with us. We weren�t sure we would make the top when we could finally see it but he urged us on. It was great to be camping again. I got to use a bit of my expertise, and it brought back nice memories of my family, the Kellers, the different Fine Sheetz Adventures, and the Yosemite crew. The mountain sub range of the Carpathian Mountains (the geographical center of Europe) where is Hoverla is located is called the Black Mountains (чорна гора) and it reminds me a lot of the Sierra's.

I hope you all had some nice adventures too. I was thinking of you.

posted by jjs @ 11:58 AM

2 Comments:

At 6:06 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

sawubona bhuti wami, how are you? i hope you are doing just fine. hey, you should still post your "angry" post i wanna read it. where are your random thoughts? how is "work?" hike sounds cool! understand what you mean about planning, procrastination, the whole process of it all. sometimes i think i'm gonnna be a bad "american" employee. marriage, i understand you. i get it all the time here in the swaz. swazis are so shocked when they find out i'm 25 & single. hey, i've never heard the sailor's heart story? what is it? xoxo-blia

 
At 6:10 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

John, once again thank you for being so thoughtful & posting the e-mail for friends & family to learn more about what is going on here in Swaziland. I am thankful. xo-B

 

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