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Monday, November 5, 2012

47 deadtime

.    the canyond
in the predawn , the vertical rock wall seemed to reach from the center  of the earth  all the way  to the dark sky . the group climbing out grew quieter as the incline grew  steeper . they all knew that the day promised - cross-your heart-and-hope-to die  kind of promised - to grow  hotter as thje pithch of the trail grew more acute and as the sun  climbed higher .
after the first section of the north  kaibab trail the group developed a determined rhythm , jules's boyfriend , eric , set an early pace that she thought was too aggressive . lisa kept up  with him  , jules  jack , kanyn , and carmel fell back about  fifty yards . the interval  between  the groups  soon  stretched  to seventy-five .
jack got the women laughing with a playful description of shirtless ,man's abs .
jules ha the long , easy stride of a natural atlete , the exertion  of the climb didn't wind her  as  it did the others ,  though the dry air turned her voice husky . she said ." you can have his abs - but those pecs . i mean ,  come on . i can almost -almost -understand jaana's decision  to come down here with somebody she just met . though he  did seem one shot short  of a cocktail ."
"be nice  ," carmel said ." he got a little drunk , so what ?'
jack agreed .:  who cares , who cares , who...cares ?  i'm going to give the poor  man the benifit of the doubt all day long .... and if i get   lucky someday , maybe  all night long .

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