Hike route -Maria
In my wanderlust experience, I have never had to go to any extreme places, and near death experiences do not naturally lure me. I always calculate what I can handle as I like my feet firmly on the ground. But as I found out from climbing Bessegen, my attitude shaken, I was to stand on a sandy ground – except that the ground was a piece of solid rock, and occasionally the protruding glaciers would remind me the deathly stare that hangs around the mountains—and the icy cold lakes beneath would stare at me – with but a calm dare. I perfected the habit of looking ahead – to the next step, and only looking around, when I had my feet solid and my attitude unshaken. This would be a first.
While starting out, I was upbeat and fresh –I wore my braids held loosely at the…
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