It doesn't look like a Trip Report, but actually it is. This TR is about the time I went to Condoriri absolutely alone for a full day adventure, alone, cold, hungry, with loads of thoughts, facing seven snow falls, -20°C of wind chill, to hike Austria Peak (17.438ft).
As I left La Paz with my ride to Tuni, just me and the taxi driver, I had loads of thoughts on my mind, and I tried to push them away since all of them were related to fear. For some funny reason, all I could think about was this song, and I think this is the appropriate words to use as my trip report of a full day hike, 14 hours of loneliness and a single song in my head.
It was a great experience for me. Unique I must say. That day I could find out more about me and my actions facing a new kind of situation, totally alone and 200 kms away from any support, after all, Tuni is nothing more then a small village with I don't know, 10 houses? That's it. If you get hurt in Condoriri even with a group is a scary situation, but if you get hurt alone up there? You can kiss your ass good bye. Anyway...loved the hike, loved the adventure, and finished my project with this summit.
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Give him two lips like roses and clover
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chordettes-lyrics/mr.-sandman-lyrics.html ]
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Mr. Sandman bring us a dream
(Yes)
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr Sandman, someone to hold
(Someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream
If you wanna hear this very enjoyable song, please watch in on youtube:
"Mr Sandman" by The Chordettes
And to finish the TR, me comming back to the car, cold, in the middle of a storm, alone and hungry.
A sad view close to the summit
I don't know anything about this person, but I guess he died on Austria Peak while hiking it. Despite an easy mountain, Austria Peak is over 17.000 ft. high, and this may seem too easy for some, but for him the mountain turned to be his demise. Again, I'm not sure what happened to him. Maybe a family member climbed Austria and decided to leave that to pay respect to a loved one that passed away. So I felt compelled to register this metal plate fixed just 40 or 50 feet below the summit of Austria Peak. April 2009.
A trip report like this could be imagined only by someone like you. I regret I never met you in person. I can only imagine the creative ways you could keep your friends entertained.
I still miss you buddy!
Parents refers to a larger category under which an object falls. For example, theAconcagua mountain page has the 'Aconcagua Group' and the 'Seven Summits' asparents and is a parent itself to many routes, photos, and Trip Reports.
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