Climbing Cotopaxi
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We set off at four, head torches lit,
Ob štirih smo krenili, čelne svetilke prižgane,
three on a rope, our coughing guide ahead;
trije na isti vrvi, spredaj naš kašljajoči vodnik;
I kept my eyes on the light at my feet
pogled sem imel uprt v luč pri svojih nogah
and tested the snow with every tread.
in z vsakim korakom preizkušal sneg.
After two hours the sun came up,
Po dveh urah je vzšlo sonce,
and I lifted my eyes from the ground;
in dvignil sem pogled s tal;
I'd forgotten the mountain beneath my boots —
pozabil sem na goro pod svojimi škornji –
now half of Ecuador lay all around.
zdaj je bila polovica Ekvadorja povsod okoli mene.
The thin air never stole my breath,
Redki zrak mi ni jemal sape,
but every step cost me twice the time,
a vsak korak me je stal dvakrat več časa,
and the same sun that painted the view
in isto sonce, ki je obarvalo razgled,
had started a clock on the rest of the climb.
je sprožilo odštevanje preostanka vzpona.
My friend was set on reaching the top,
Moj prijatelj je bil trdno odločen doseči vrh,
but the three of us shared a single rope,
toda vsi trije smo bili navezani na eno samo vrv,
and they say most falls happen on the way down,
pravijo, da se večina padcev zgodi na poti navzdol,
when tired feet get careless on the slope.
ko utrujene noge na pobočju postanejo nepazljive.
So I gave in; we three turned back
Zato sem popustil; mi trije smo se obrnili nazaj
and slid down the snow in the morning sun;
in zdrseli po snegu navzdol v jutranjem soncu;
an hour later, the team that pushed on
uro pozneje se je navzdol spustila tudi ekipa, ki je rinila naprej –
came down too — the mountain had won.
gora je zmagala.