a leg to stand on. . .
Published January 8, 2008 | 
James Castrission … Photo: Justin Jones
In the last few days I’ve been following along with some articles on James & Justin’s final push. Of course they are starting to feel the effects of the trip. They say their health is deteriorating and they are having a hard time standing. In many ways it’s this last bit that is the most risky part of the whole trip. Still, when they finally do get to sit in the pub with friends and look back at it all, I bet they are going to get a hell of ribbing for the article that called them "Muscle Men". 
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Too much of a good thing I guess. I hope these fellows make it across and get the rest they need! Probably won’t even be able to enjoy it for the first three days. And they were fit and prepared. Imagine being adrift at sea on a piece of wreckage.
Thats the nature of crossings versus following the interface, I suppose. I’m kinda like, yeah, crossings can be done, but it can move out of the range of healthy pursuits and into the realm of an ordeal. I consider what they’re doing and compare that with something like the trip around Hada Gwaii (sp?) in this months’ SK mag. I think for me, it’s best to leave the Mount Everest trips out of my paddling, and use it more as therapy.
But others are kindled by a different spark. Duane Strosaker’s words, commenting on a Catalina trip, come to mind: “It was a good suffer.” I wish them well, and success.