So, yesterday I was not able to read any more on THE WORM OUROBOROS, because we were belatedly celebrating an anniversary by joining a little tour up Mt. Rainier (or, if you prefer the local peoples' name, Big Tahoma).
It was pure coincidence that the passage I've been reading describes, in detail, the heroes' climb up the great mountain Koshtra Pivrarcha.
Obviously we did not go anywhere near the top, but it's still amazing to travel from thirty-three feet above sea level here in Kent to fifty-four hundred feet at Paradise lodge half-way up the mountain. We saw marmots (a first for me), and grouse (three together), tadpoles (favorites of mine; it's been a while), tall trees (fir, spruce, cedar), waterfalls (e.g. Nisqually Falls), the remnant of Nisqually Glacier (black ice, like ice tends to get when it's old), and far too many steep ledges for an acrophobiac.
A good outing, and one I'd gladly do again.
--John R.
P.S.: This just in: The WORM turns out to be available in Kindle. That might save some wear and tear on my old copy.
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