Crossing the Line (2004)
“My watch said it was eight o’clock already. Roberto was gone. His sleeping bag lay on the cot next to me like a snake’s discarded skin. I expected to find him in the main cabin, where Mary would be making him cram for going across the river.
I would be driving him there later in the day.
The plan was that I’d take him across on the bridge that stood fifteen miles north of Potash, then drop him off high in the mountains. He would be carrying a pack and some of my climbing and camping gear. He’d ...spend twenty-four hours getting verifiably dirty and working his way down toward Hidalgo’s place. The full day alone was also to give him time to, as Roberto said, get his head on straight, but I knew he intended to do a climb. Solo, of course. I’d lobbied to go with him but Mary had turned me down flat. And my brother didn’t argue for me.
But they weren’t cramming in the main cabin. I spotted them the instant I stepped out of the ramshackle little cabin. Mungo did, too. She headed straight for them, loping across the weeds and sage then running up the incline so gracefully it looked like she was floating.MoreLess
I would be driving him there later in the day.
The plan was that I’d take him across on the bridge that stood fifteen miles north of Potash, then drop him off high in the mountains. He would be carrying a pack and some of my climbing and camping gear. He’d ...spend twenty-four hours getting verifiably dirty and working his way down toward Hidalgo’s place. The full day alone was also to give him time to, as Roberto said, get his head on straight, but I knew he intended to do a climb. Solo, of course. I’d lobbied to go with him but Mary had turned me down flat. And my brother didn’t argue for me.
But they weren’t cramming in the main cabin. I spotted them the instant I stepped out of the ramshackle little cabin. Mungo did, too. She headed straight for them, loping across the weeds and sage then running up the incline so gracefully it looked like she was floating.MoreLess
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