I thought the blizzard would never end. And we have to keep moving to get back to the house. Night is falling and we'll get lost in the dark. If we're caught outside we won't make it till morning. I wish it was downhill from here, but we still have a steep climb up ahead. And the sun is very close to setting. Still, we have to try and make it. Two days on a chocolate bar and the fear that the snow wouldn't stop falling was quite enough of a scare , but that's what you get for going out without checking the forecasts.
(Image: Yes, I took the liberty to bring the photo closer to sunset).
It was a really glorious day and we decided to go out for a walk, up into the mountain. The days are shorter this time of the year and we have to relish every bit of sunlight. I should never have listened to Carrie. But I love her and couldn't say no. I know she loves to go up to the peak and slumber in the view of the valley while smoking a joint, so, I went along with it. I also enjoy the climb and the memories it brings. The nostalgia of younger years.
I can see the house now. I think we're safe. The sun is almost gone but I'm pretty sure we can find it in the dark. Thank god for the cabin the Mountain Rangers keep, up in the hill, or we wouldn't have made it. The blizzard started just as we were getting closer to the top and decided to get back down in a hurry. I was feeling like an icicle when I found the door to the hut. It took us a while to find it. The wind blowing snow into our eyes.
We were stuck for the night and we were fortunate. There was dry firewood, a box of matches and a chocolate bar someone left behind. Luckily, the cabin is used by the people from the sky school and the walls were full of skying gear and winter clothes. I don't know how we would have gotten out of there without any snow shoes or skys. - Look Carrie! - There's the house. Good thing you forgot to turn off the kitchen lights.- she shrugged and mumbled something I couldn't really ear. The wind was picking up again.
The night wasn't so hard to pass, though it was long. These days, we have almost twenty hours of it and very little sun. It was really silly to go up. I swore to myself I'll never do it again, still, we had a night I will cherish forever. There is nothing that brings you back to the important things in life like being in danger of death. We smoked the roll and made love like in the first days, with a passion we'd left behind in the dullness of the daily work and back home again that makes everything go blunt in our lives. Thank the Gods for the snow.
Here we are. The door is unlocked.