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updated 24 September 2008














 

Words to Worry About on the Hill

By Adrian Snowball

From BFMC Journal 4, 1992

 

  • We might as well go: it’s just a passing shower.
     

  • We can’t get any wetter, let’s grab that other top.
     

  • The clag should lift soon.
     

  • Anyway, we’ll be okay if we just keep going uphill.
     

  • The cairn must be here somewhere.
     

  • I though you took a bearing.
     

  • The direct route down will be the best.
     

  • I know it’s windy, but at least we won’t go off route on such a narrow ridge.
     

  • Of course you don’t need a rope. The guidebook has it vastly overgraded.
     

  • We should be alright if we get off this rough stuff before dark.
     

  • After leading you safely off the hill it must be your round.
     

  • What are we doing tomorrow?
     

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    Poem

    Evening quiet, down from the hill,

    The magic hour when the land lies still

    I stand alone, with silent thanks

    That I should know such sights

    Subtleness of air, softness of cloud

    Infinities of light.