Oh, I've never read this before! Thank you for linking.
About ten years ago, I had a job that involved doing a ton of hiking around Nevada and Utah, and I really loved the descriptions in the opening stanzas. And then whoa – I did not see that ending coming.
Oh yes, I love the first bit for all the nature and mountain terms and setting! I actually read this in English (as a junior high school kid) in Alberta, so while I don't think I went to those mountains specifically and definitely not anything as dangerous as the Finger, it was neat.
That sounds like a neat job, what were you doing in Nevada and Utah? A dig, I'm guessing?
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Date: Sep. 19th, 2016 01:22 am (UTC)About ten years ago, I had a job that involved doing a ton of hiking around Nevada and Utah, and I really loved the descriptions in the opening stanzas. And then whoa – I did not see that ending coming.
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Date: Sep. 19th, 2016 11:54 pm (UTC)Oh yes, I love the first bit for all the nature and mountain terms and setting! I actually read this in English (as a junior high school kid) in Alberta, so while I don't think I went to those mountains specifically and definitely not anything as dangerous as the Finger, it was neat.
That sounds like a neat job, what were you doing in Nevada and Utah? A dig, I'm guessing?
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Date: Sep. 23rd, 2016 08:36 pm (UTC)Yup! Well, actually a survey, which is where you walk all over hills and fields looking for sites for potential future digs.
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Date: Oct. 9th, 2016 04:25 am (UTC)