North Carolina Outward Bound has a multitude of Alumni Representatives who are available and interested in talking to you. We have been in Chile long enough to complete a cycle. From the last full moon of one millennium to the first full moon of the next millennium. Tonight, the moon rose over the shoulder of Osorno. Standing on the shore of Lago Llanquihue, I stare up at the summit in self-amazement.
Time is a funny thing, for tonight last night seems like a lifetime ago.
My presence on this mountain when measured in time and size is merely a spec compared to its age and its stature. I guess today's bright sun melted my foot prints and all traces of my being has been erased from the surface of this great mountain. In this regard, Osorno appears unchanged. I can not say the same for me. To any stranger my feat is just another mountaineering yarn.