The giddy sensation of flying down a pine- cushioned, single-track downhill path, as we’ve simply accomplished, is difficult to beat. It’s what author David Foster Wallace – in a unique context – known as “kinetic beauty… human beings’ reconciliation with the fact of having a body”. There’s one thing deeply primal and satisfying about shifting quick over troublesome terrain. And having pushed ourselves so arduous for thus lengthy, even the best of issues – the chilly outside bathe earlier than mattress, our hosts providing us espresso once we stumble down the following morning – really feel newly significant.
Halfway up the steepest ascent on day two, we attain a break within the timber and cease to regroup. For the primary jiffy, we’re simply respiratory closely. On one hand, it’s a ridiculous sight – 4 metropolis of us sweating and struggling up a distant hillside. Yet, as our coronary heart charges settle and our respiratory slows, the fantastic thing about the panorama stretched earlier than us turns into obvious. As we drink within the majestic environment, it’s arduous to consider anyplace we’d somewhat be.
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Feature picture by Charnchanut Charujinda
This article was initially printed within the April 2019 issue of Silkwinds journal