Arrive high camp

1/22/10
We have arrived at high camp, elev 19620. The move went well, and though we both feel the measure of what it took to get here, we feel strong and excited about the possibility of summiting tomorrow. When Ty and I set out on this journey so many days ago we stepped forth into a big big world. Everything was new, exotic, interesting, and beckoned our senses in broad ways. But we have left that all behind, below us.
As children, my brother and I kept careful watch on the toilet paper roll. As it neared the end we would strip away the remaining lengths of tissue to get at the roll. To salvage the cardboard center meant we could fashion a telescope that would enable us to see fantastic things far far away.
Similarly, our vision has narrowed by the time Ty and I reach high camp. Our thoughts are simple, our focus singular. There is something fantastic in the whole of our limited vision. But soon we will step into the cardboard tube itself and see, if for a breif moment, we can be part of that world on the other side.