Head in the clouds

I have finally managed to make the trip of my dreams...that is in the mountains, hiking and backpacking in the heart of nature, exploring the genuine beauty of the Parang Mountains. The Peak Parangul Mare is 2519 m tall (I just had to boast about our conquest). We have all slept in tents, carried our little homes through the day in our backpacks and each night found a different friendly place to set our camp. The landscapes were beyond words...unexploited, exciting, wild, yet calming and most of all intriguing, cause you couldn't know when the mountains could turn from friend to foe. We had our little adventures like not being able to find a place to set our tents, while outside was getting darker, or not knowing where we were on the map...not to mention the fact that we were running out of water while we were on the pick of the mountain. To sum up, the trip was hard, a bit adventurous and at times scary but it was exactly what I have wished for.
One thing I've realized during this trek is that life up there is harsh, the weather is moody the slopes are steep, the temperature is low and the air is wet. Still the mountains are outstanding, breathtaking...and it's worth all the effort to catch a glimpse of that beauty. After all, the good things are hard to get and this is the beauty of aiming high. Up there, at the altitude of our dreams everything gets more complicated. We do get to enjoy the beauty of being close to our desires, still we always have to maintain our concentration in order to achieve a balance. There's no stop button, there's just us and the unpredictable. The mountain can be friend, but also foe...and so are our dreams. They may bring us happiness or sorrow while we continue our trek.
The mountains and our purposes both offer marvelous scenery, yet require unceasing endeavor. Life up there is beautiful, but just as hard. However, since the satisfaction brought by a certain thing is directly proportional to the amount of effort we have put into it why shouldn't we aim high, keep our heads at the altitude of our dreams and stop complaining?


Goldfrapp - Clowns