I spent at least part of my Christmas holiday thirty feet off the ground with my rear end in a sling.My wife and I went to a resort in Palawan, one of the least developed provinces in the Philippines. The island is long and narrow, extending most of the way from Luzon to Borneo on the westernmost side of the archipelago.
The resort, El Nido, offered rock-climbing as one of its numerous diversions and naturally I couldn't resist. The picture was taken by one of my climbing guides, a 23 year old Filipina who was on the ground attached to the other end of my rope, patiently waiting for me to lose my grip. Somehow I managed to get back on the ground without doing any permanent damage to myself or the rock face. The painful part was hearing how impressed my guide was that someone my age, fifty-two, would attempt something so strenuous. Two or three days later I could nearly raise my right arm over my head.
Click on the pictures to see enlarged versions. I've got more if you'd like to see them.
1 comment:
Craig, stop it now. Come down from there. Do what I do. Photoshop. You can photoshop yourself anywhere for half the price. Send the other half of your savings to me.
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