A Long Way Down

Chris and I took a bus to climb a mountain in Deng Feng this morning. Something I had wanted to do again for a long time.

The first time I went there was with my colleagues from the first school I worked at. It was great, except for the misleading conversion from a fun activity, to a teamwork training exercise at the peak of the mountain, and of exhaustion.

This time, we intended on taking the path less treaded again, but without the previous group. If only I could remember the way. After some guesswork, we managed to progress, keeping our aim on locating the original path. Why do things the easy way, right? Right!

We never found it. We had climbed for several hours. It didn't matter, our searching had been extra generous in difficulty. We now know the location of the path, however, for when we go back in May.

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Photo 1: destination "too far"
Photo 2: valley return path

Two Tails

And here they are!

These are my two kittens. I haven't given them names yet. I thought of giving one of them the name Butters, as a tribute to the South Park character of the same name. However, both my kittens are girls. I thought about naming the white one Snow, but she has an interesting design on her head. Regardless, they are quite happy to be out of the tiny cages and stressful places they were rescued from. Names will come soon.


In other news, I have an assortment of photos taken from a mountain hike in Shaolin from two weeks ago. Simply request it, and I will email you a zipped package of these photos.

Picture 1: My two kittens
Picture 2: Picture of me, taken at an difficult angle.