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Being there: GOLD highlight

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The pinacle gold highlight position for our teams’ recent Snowdonia hiking goes to:

Gold winner: being there

TryfanBeing completely there, watching where I place my foot, thinking about my balance, taking a deep breath of damp unpolluted air. My mind so totally wrapped up in the here and now that nothing bursts in. The details of work, home ownership, family membership are temporarily lost behind being on a mountain.

Even when I take a break from walking to soak-up the view I am still totally immersed in being on that mountain. The feeling is exquisit and rare. For me it compares to some unpublishable experiences and:

  • racing a Laser in a force 4 gale
  • climbing the technical move on a severe rated climb (highest grade that I managed).
  • excellent sex

This experience achieved ‘4 Smiles’ :)   :)   :)   :) on the Wendy House rating scale -  Ratings explained

 

This highlight alone more than cancels out all the nastiness of the 3 winning downsides:

Being there: GOLD highlight Average ratings: 4/5

This scribble was published on Sunday, August 19th, 2012. You can follow any banter on this scribble with the RSS 2.0 feed. You can share your inspired musings after typing the anti spam word near the bottom of the page. But no Pinging because its too naughty.

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  1. Indigo Roth writes:
    August 19th, 2012

    Hey Wendy! This is s great expression of the moment, tho I’d have to say being on the side of a mountain with my vertigo does not appeal personally. I look forward to more. By the way, how do we rate these things? Or are the smileys your own review? Indigo x

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  2. wendy writes:
    August 19th, 2012

    Hi Indigo – the Wendy House rating scale is indeed my own rating of the experience – with an explanatory link. Commenters can use these open text boxes to provide feedback on the scribbles in whatever way they want. I haven’t provided a pre-structured scale for them, do you think I should? It does seem like a good idea, thanks Indigo, I’ll have a snoop around for a rating scale ‘plug-in’…

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  3. Scarlet writes:
    August 20th, 2012

    Love the feeling you describe here – it’s so rare that it’s difficult to explain.
    Sx

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  4. wendy writes:
    August 20th, 2012

    Scarlet :-) It’s a good memory to have so fresh in mind this week – I’ve been imagining myself there quite a lot….

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