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 There he was, just on the other side of that river, running smoothe and fast with the power of a winter's rains and the melted snowpack of untold tons of ice, it's clear and smooth surface masking the respect with which it should be reckoned. "Watch out, it's pretty strong right here" I inched forward taking it slow and easy. The water was freezing and I was warm, and really didn't feel like getting wet just yet. About three quarters of the way across I lost my footing. I was ...

The sound of horns,one great long unsettling note rose into the air and echoed off the mountain walls, announcing our closeness. Silence. An echoe. The drumming began. A deep, slow paced rythmic thudding driving us to move on. We climbed, we crawled. Bloodied knuckles scraped against cold unforgiving stone and wet moss, mud. The drumming persisted. My legs cramped, my lungs burned, the rope cut into my neck as it pulled us along, driven by that persistant drumming. Every so often the dark men...