Saturday, June 16, 2007

Sometimes You Have To Climb Mountains.

Mountain climbing can be difficult, depending on a number of factors. Steepness is one. Weather conditions. Terrain.

Let's assume that it is an average mountain that you are climbing. Average incline, regular conditions, simple terrain, nothing too out of the ordinary. Perhaps an underestimation, but that's ok.

But you're not just walking up the mountain. No, you, for reasons unexplained, are required to carrying up some objects to the mountain top. A couple of delicate, valuable objects - objects made of fine glass. Objects that would certainly break and shatter should you lose your balance at any time.

Because you have to carry up all these objects, you had to sacrifice some supplies. Most importantly, you have almost run out of water. The drought has severely affected your mountain and you have not seen any running water in the past few days. The likelihood of you coming across any in the forseeable future is extremely low.

The interesting thing about this mountain is that there is an abundance of a particular snake, a snake with a vicious venom. Upon being bitten by the snake, a severe shot of pain shoots through your body and takes a couple of hours to fully subside. The snakebite also induces nausea and vomiting, often causing you to stumble a few steps back down the mountain everytime you are bitten.

Oh, I forgot to tell you. You have a problem. You can't see. You are blind.

That's you.

Someone comes along, and pushes you down the mountain.

There is nothing you can do.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That sounds difficult. Very difficult. Stay away from that mountain. Have an ice-cream. Ice-cream friggin' rocks.

So do you :).