SUNRISE FROM ADAMS PEAK (LITTLE) 9 ARCHES BRIDGE
So little space to write about the last 24 hours. At midnight the winds continued to blow our tent that was perched on the ridge near the summit of Little Adam’s Peak in Ella Sri Lanka. The full moon light shining bright. We were all huddled inside one of our tents. Ezra was sleeping great – first to go to sleep. Viena stayed awake a while longer after she performed some laughter therapy to the delight of the many Buddhist Monks in the valley below. I can just hear their conversations. “Do you hear the laughter on the ridge?” “That is just the wind.” “No, listen. Child laughter from the mountain tops.” “Must be mountains laughing at the full moon to come down and play.” I was thinking we would have heard more Buddhist chanting through the night since the full moon was here, but all we heard were the crickets, the blowing grasses, the leaves in the trees dancing with the wind and the flapping of the flags on the summit of Little Adams Peak. I tried to think of all the things a Buddhist Monk might try to think about and meditate on if they were placed on this ridge, but all I could think about was the wind and how I needed just a little thicker sleeping bag. I was the wind block for the others in a thin grey sleeping bag liner – an even though the temperature was above 60F, I could not make myself comfortable. The night was fabulous. Ella Rock could be seen watching over us. The wind eventually disappeared and my dreams appeared. The sunrise was magnificent and we did not need to wake up early and hike an hour to be here. We just woke up and watched the sunrise. We ate a little breakfast and then heading down the mountain. We walked down with our load alot lighter. I tried to take lots of pictures, but there were pictures I did not take: The frog lizard jumping tarantula creature being blown out of the tree and onto Dwana. The flying rotti over the side of the mountain. And my favorite non-picture – Viena Laughing hysterically in the tent on the ridge of Little Adam’s Peak with the full moon blaring down. This whole adventure was Viena’s idea, so the little Buddha inside her was incredibly happy that she was able to be here now.
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