Yesterday afternoon, Will saw a picture of Mount Everest with hikers climbing around in some area low enough and far enough away that they were relatively mildly dressed and outfitted. It was such a causal picture that it almost didn’t seem out of the ordinary for Will to suggest, “we should go hiking there one day.” I explained that this was the tallest mountain in the world and that it was very far away and very dangerous. No matter, he was hooked: “Mommy, can we go there? Can we hike on the Tallest Mountain In The World???” (The fascination was extreme; he spoke those last words in Capital.)
Somewhere, the universe is laughing at me. Because the one thing I made Paul swear he would NEVER, under ANY circumstances take up was extreme mountaineering. I do not want to ever be in a position where I am biting my nails while someone I love is playing that roulette game with nature: the Into Thin Air IMAX convinced me of this. It would figure that Will is now fascinated with the idea of climbing Everest. (Mental Note: work on instilling fear of heights into children.)
We now have a second “No You CANNOT, Not EVER, NEVER.” I don’t care how the water is low and the current mild. This is crazy!
h/t: growabrain
Leigh C. | 18-Feb-08 at 11:39 am | Permalink
What the hell!
I thought that was Niagara for a moment there. It’s still completely whacked.
shokufeh | 18-Feb-08 at 12:14 pm | Permalink
Just looking at this picture, and the others, makes me want to throw up in fear. I cannot imagine sitting there, much less letting MrMan do so. Yikes!
Andrew Kottenstette | 28-Feb-08 at 11:03 pm | Permalink
My father never got to have a dog because my grandmother was bitten by one when she was a child. To that effect he never understood what it was like to feel attatched to a pet, as our mother did when she grew up having a German Shepard that could jump up onto the back of her dad’s flatbed pickup when he was taking off.
This photograph is insane, but if your boy really wants to climb a mountain, someday he will. When I was that age I saw an Air Force jet fly over our house and told my mother that someday I was going to fly one and wave to you on the ground, mom.
Of course I didn’t really end up flying in the Air Force, but you get what I’m saying.