(Sitting on the edge of the world.)
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.
~ Nicholas Sparks
I took this photo when we were at the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado (altitude of 14,115 feet). We were, in some spots, above the clouds that day. I’m not sure what the couple in the photo could see from there as I didn’t walk down that far (and it was quite a distance from where I stood to take the photo). Perhaps they were just enjoying the bird’s eye view of the clouds and/or each other’s company.
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WOW! What a nice shot, stark, simple, yet holds a lot of meaning.
wow, on a mountain top above the clouds. I would like to sit there to see what there is to see, or not see….
Thanks, Bo & Anhinga. 🙂
Bo: I wanted to walk down to where they were sitting but our time was limited since we took the Cog Railway to the top. They only give you about 30 minutes to walk around. If you’re not on the train when it goes back, you have to hike down (and I hear it is quite a hike).
Hi Robin!
I too hear it’s quite a hike. From the top of the Peak to Ruxton Avenue via Bar Trail is said to be eight miles. I’ve never hiked it myself, but it’s a popular trail. Each year there is a footrace from Ruxton to the top of the mountain and then back down again. As you might imagine, it’s an hours long run. People come from all over the world to compete in it.
Years ago, I briefly lived on Ruxton.
Hi Paul 🙂
The footrace took place the day after we were there. The couple in this picture were training for it. I can’t imagine hiking it, much less racing.
I can’t imagine hiking the Bar Trail, either. But I do have a friend who is in the habit of riding down it on a mountain bike.
He hitchhikes up the mountain with his bike, looking for rides in the back of pick-up trucks. Then he careens down the mountain at the highest speeds he can manage.
My friend has told me about his trips in such enthusiastic and glowing language that he has come as close as anything in this world can come to making me buy a mountain bike to join him.
What an awesome shot! I like the textures of contrast of rocks and clouds which gives a vast and edge of the Earth feel. I love, love Pike’s Peak and haven’t been there in ages.
Thanks, Anna. 🙂
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