So true RL! Have had that feeling! Standing on the top of this mesa behind the Cawnpore lookout made me realise just how amazing this country of ours is, and how lucky we are to be able to see it, with no or very few restrictions!!!! Just love it and the feeling of knowing I am in the right place at the right time!
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:04:00 AM
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:05:36 AM
Thanks RL that's deep, I agree, one of the important things I will be looking forward to finding, is me.
GaryKelly said
06:53 PM Jul 1, 2013
Yes, it's a bit like meditation - blocking out all the distractions of urban life and being able to see things more clearly (including one's inner self). I've often tried to visualize what it must be like out in the never never somewhere, gazing at the night sky with its billions of bright stars, and feeling a sense of belonging to the universe. However, I do have one question: when I find me, what do I do with him?
Legendts said
09:30 PM Jul 1, 2013
Say "G'day Gary" heh, heh, heh!
Gerty Dancer said
10:51 PM Jul 1, 2013
Maybe 15 years ago, I was bushwalking in the rain in my trusty dry'sabone with my trusty dog on his lead beside me, when I realised there was not another person within about 10k's in one direction, and 100's of k's in the other. Exhilarating!!
Sheba said
02:00 AM Jul 2, 2013
I really miss that feeling. Used to live at Temple Bay, on Cape York, on the East Coast, a bit North-east of Weipa. Hate having to live in so-called Civilization.
Cheers,
Sheba.
JRH said
11:55 PM Jul 2, 2013
Sheba wrote:
I really miss that feeling. Used to live at Temple Bay, on Cape York, on the East Coast, a bit North-east of Weipa. Hate having to live in so-called Civilization.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Why do they call it civilization when there are so many uncivilized people doing uncivilized things????????
Sheba said
03:15 AM Jul 3, 2013
Good question JRH.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Mark said
06:02 AM Jul 5, 2013
I both found myself, and found myself on tha same occasion.
I used to pilot hot air balloons, did a flight in Austria, got stuck on a mountain glacia at 10,000 ft, and had to be air rescued. Spent a FREEIZNG night wrapped in the fabric of the balloon praying and thinking about life, family etc..etc..etc....... The temp was -32 degrees C, when we took off it was warm and all we had was jeans and t-shirts, the burners keep you warm too!! Waited 24 hours and thought that it was the end. Fell throiugh the glacia whilst going to do some "business" but landed astride the top of a fir tree covered in snow. No communications, a co-pilot who was freaking out, and a friend who had hypoxia and wanted to go off walking every ten minutes. VERY scary night for all concerned. From there, life just got more interesting. Air rescue cost around $48,000 another reason for making sure your insurance is up to date!!
That's my life finding experience, and let me assure you, when all you can see, for as far as the eye can see is white, no shapes, no gauge on anything, a) you feel like you are in heaven b) you suddenly realise how insignificant we are on this earth.
Enjoy life to the full.
Mark
Gerty Dancer said
07:17 PM Jul 5, 2013
Wow, Mark! Glad you are here to tell the story.
I didn't know air rescue could be so expensive, wow again!
Mark said
04:21 AM Jul 6, 2013
Gerty Dancer wrote:
Wow, Mark! Glad you are here to tell the story.
I didn't know air rescue could be so expensive, wow again!
OH yes, mighty expensive to operate in those conditions. A lot of the cost in air rescue is their own insurance to carry out the rescue. Worth every cent of the insurance for the experience.
First picture is a typical "Night Glow" pretty spectacular at night and very warm!!
The second is the kind of terrain you are faced with as you leave the town and head off over the top of the hill in the far ground!!
So true RL! Have had that feeling! Standing on the top of this mesa behind the Cawnpore lookout made me realise just how amazing this country of ours is, and how lucky we are to be able to see it, with no or very few restrictions!!!! Just love it and the feeling of knowing I am in the right place at the right time!
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:04:00 AM
-- Edited by jules47 on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:05:36 AM
I really miss that feeling. Used to live at Temple Bay, on Cape York, on the East Coast, a bit North-east of Weipa. Hate having to live in so-called Civilization.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Why do they call it civilization when there are so many uncivilized people doing uncivilized things????????
Good question JRH.
Cheers,
Sheba.
I both found myself, and found myself on tha same occasion.
I used to pilot hot air balloons, did a flight in Austria, got stuck on a mountain glacia at 10,000 ft, and had to be air rescued.
Spent a FREEIZNG night wrapped in the fabric of the balloon praying and thinking about life, family etc..etc..etc.......
The temp was -32 degrees C, when we took off it was warm and all we had was jeans and t-shirts, the burners keep you warm too!!
Waited 24 hours and thought that it was the end. Fell throiugh the glacia whilst going to do some "business" but landed astride the top of a fir tree covered in snow. No communications, a co-pilot who was freaking out, and a friend who had hypoxia and wanted to go off walking every ten minutes. VERY scary night for all concerned. From there, life just got more interesting. Air rescue cost around $48,000 another reason for making sure your insurance is up to date!!
That's my life finding experience, and let me assure you, when all you can see, for as far as the eye can see is white, no shapes, no gauge on anything, a) you feel like you are in heaven b) you suddenly realise how insignificant we are on this earth.
Enjoy life to the full.
Mark
Wow, Mark! Glad you are here to tell the story.
I didn't know air rescue could be so expensive, wow again!
OH yes, mighty expensive to operate in those conditions. A lot of the cost in air rescue is their own insurance to carry out the rescue. Worth every cent of the insurance for the experience.
First picture is a typical "Night Glow" pretty spectacular at night and very warm!!
The second is the kind of terrain you are faced with as you leave the town and head off over the top of the hill in the far ground!!