The final word
"I came to Nepal to see Mount Everest, but I've got much more---the bus ride to Katmandu, the flight to Lukla, the forests, the rivers, the waterfalls, I don't think you can get all that anywhere else in the world." Muha
"There were times during the trek when I asked myself why I was doing it AGAIN. Now I know. The difficulties of high altitude in bitterly cold temperatures can defeat you---I've seen even the excruciating-load carrying porters and yaks panting for breath---but you just keep going. I'm glad I did, because nothing compares to what I've done and felt up on those mountains. I hope I can come back next year!" Al
posted by Al at 6:37 AM
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The word "congratulations" seems too trivial a word to use to applaud you on completing the daunting yet exhilarating Everest trek. But well, congratulations Al and Muha! I missed a breath or two after seeing the amazing photos Muha took. I can only imagine what a life-changing experience this would be for you guys. Surely, you two must now have evolved into much much much better human beings after this trek. (Even before this, you two were always among the best human beings I ever came across in Maldives.) Wish I could do the same for myself. Hopefully next year during our trek to Ladakh.
Gents,
An amazing journey. Al, I can only guess you're the one taking the photos as you don't seem to be in many. They are damn good and I know this is doing you good my friend. Inspirational.
On behalf of Shockwaves in Maldives team, congratulations Al and Muha. We remain on sea level, our sandbanks as fragile as it was when the tsunami struck a year back. Our hopes and dreams still uncertain, our future as bleak as some of the terrains you have crossed. Yet, we are proud of you for having reached new heights, for having seen some hues and colours we normally don't see, and for trying in the face of the elements and extreme conditions. May be one day, we all could..... niOS
The comment here by the Shockwaves in Maldives team was so poignant and poetic. I just finished watching the extended version of "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and was feeling so melancholic at my own insignificance and inability to make life in Maldives a better place for everyone. Al once said to me that whatever grievances I have had in the past, human beings have the power and will to overcome all that. I am trying. I have decided not to linger in the past but live in the now and look towards the future. I will never look back. And if I perish in this process, so be it. Frodo's journey is so inspiring. Like him, I know that I've been given a burden that is so heavy to carry but I guess I will have to live on with all this stress because I did not come to this world on my own, nor was I given the option to choose the time when I will be born. If there is a God, I hope He has some positive hope for me in the future. Otherwise, I guess I will have to go on with all this bitterness and suffering that is straining my sanity, and making the hours that I am living and that I have yet to live such a burden on my mental well-being. Al once told me that to block out everything would be living in self-denial and not dealing with it, but Eagan's formula seems to be working right now: the only way I can deal with everything is by blocking out everything. I hope there are better times out there for me. Perhaps a trip to Ladakh would be life-changing for me, and will put my life in a new perspective. Or as Ahmed Nasheed says, I hope that I will see some truths out there some day if I keep my eyes open, perhpas evidence that there is a God. But I don't know what good that will do to me. Perhaps, it will be worse because then I will have a God to be pissed off at. At least for now, I don't have anyone to blame for my problems. I can cry by myself alone.
umm they are supposed to come back on 12th/13th.. from tibet..so i guess theres still sometime left..
shaaxu..i know its hard when muha is out there bravin the rough terrains.., u should hav come too.. i'v heard so much about all of you.. feels like i know you guys a bit now :D..
anywys i am presuming it was yur comment on my blog shaaxu.. thankyou very much.. i'm glad u like it.. its not much.. but.,its a good place to vent!
Shanu, Al and Muha called you an "excellent shopping assistant." What did you get for them, if you don't mind me asking!
lol hilath..now now.. dont get naughty thoughts.. i guess u'd just have to ask them.. :P
Let me guess, Al will be bringing back a Kanneyo. He was very taken in by Sharif's one if I remember correctly.
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