A thick black blanket steadily moved eastwards, threatening to block out daylight and announcing an impending storm. I took short gulps of air, exhausted from having legged it uphill to the 4000-foot John Gardner Pass.
How was it to hike in Torres del Paine National Park?
Tough?
Magic?
From the bridge I could see them for the first time: the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. This was the site that had been on my one-day-must-see list since childhood and finally I was going there.
I was so excited!
We stared at pieces of plastic strewn around our campsite. Chunks of bread lie here and there but we gathered two of our three loaves had gone.
We were aghast.
What had happened here?
There wasn’t just one stone – there were two.
Which one did the tiger jump on when crossing this gorge?
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open”.
~Jawaharial Nehru
It is 2 am and we are about to climb a 3248-meter-high mountain: Jizu Shan.
Also known as: Chicken Foot Mountain.
Coen and I are running amidst hills covered in lush vegetation.
Our run started at six am, with darkness fading and making way for a new day.
When running, one of my pitfalls is focusing on how much farther I have to go.
This can be so discouraging that I give up.