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--- 198004 [2014/07/07 14:41] – [The Sydney Bushwalker April 1980] rachel
+++ 198004 [2014/07/07 14:42] – [The First Traverse between Lake Manapouri and Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound] rachel
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 by Peter Harris
-"Well, we are safe and strong, for now we sit
+  "Well, we are safe and strong, for now we sit
+  Beside a hearth where no dim shadows flit,
-Beside a hearth where no dim shadows flit,
+  Mere nothing cheers nor saddens, but a fire
+  Warms feet and hands - nor does to more aspire ...!
-Mere nothing cheers nor saddens, but a fire
-Warms feet and hands - nor does to more aspire ...!
 'Walden' Henry David Thoreau.
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 The corollary of this is more apt ...
-'Well, I was unsafe and weak, for once I stood
+  'Well, I was unsafe and weak, for once I stood
+  Amid a swamp which fills this cheerless wood,
-Amid a swamp which fills this cheerless wood,
+  Where nothing is welcomed, but tea from a cup
+  For it's no sooner you're down then it's time to go up!'
-Where nothing is welcomed, but tea from a cup
-For it's no sooner you're down then it's time to go up!'
 Can you believe it? Not one single step of flat walking in three weeks? Where the natural angle of rest for tired feet is 45 degrees from the leg? An average of 4,000 feat of ascent and 47.000 feet of descent in each and every day?