Friday 11 January 2013

The White Mountain

It is an arduous climb with a steep white slop. To climb the mountain we need to enter through the tunnel a rough pathway before we enter the smooth mountain. The mountain itself is a steep incline and we climb it daily for getting to the water source. As a lot of us are dependent on this water, we follow a trail to the water source. The road start from the rough terrains of the tunnel gets smooth and steep incline after wards and then we need to walk through a thin bridge before we get another steep climb before we go down a steep incline before we hit the water. Not sure who made this mountain so smooth and how it shines.

It is skiddy and always gives the fear of ones lifetime climbing it. We rarely look down as it takes breath of our life. We do sometimes look around and find strange and sharp mountains around. We get some food along the way sometimes but mostly we feed and come for a drink of water. The climb takes 2 hrs and takes most of our free time but what to do, without water we cannot survive. The pleasure of drinking some fresh water after a long climb is so enhancing and enchanting that we do not mind the routine.

Few of us have seen blue fire sometimes and few of us have even been burnt down by the fire. Though many of us believe it is some superstition but we also have this fear. We have heard of this blue fire happening just after the sunrise and hence we do this ride in the afternoon. The fear of the fire in the belly makes us to take the ride much later even though we are thirsty after sun rise. Some of us has gone late after sunset then they have not heard of this blue fire but just after sunset also people have heard of the blue fire.

We do not get water always after the steep incline and deep decline. Only a big mountain leads us to the water. The mountain with the water seems to be the tallest by the ride we have to do before we reach the water. We go thirsty few days when we are unable to find the mountain. We have kept some identifiers to the water mountain but somehow on few days we still miss the route to the mountain.

Once in a while we see a small white mountain and whenever we climb it we all die. This mountain emanates a strange smell and as soon as we see this we try to avoid it but many of use die but what to do it is about water and either way we will die. At least it is better to die for water and die trying to drink water than just leaving the search for the fear of death.

It is not that we have any scarcity of way to die, we even die while trying to drink water. We have to balance finely along the edge before we drink the water else you fall into the large pool of water. As the mountain is a steep incline from the water edge it is difficult to climb. tough we all know swim but we tire out and die. So you can die for water and die in water as well. But still without water we will die we take all this risk.

Others have been saying the taste of water is changing water has some salt like accumulations but i am young and i have not seen any change in taste or look. For me this is the only source of water. If we go early in the morning sometimes water is hot by evening it cools down. By the time we go in the afternoon it is neither hot not afternoon.

Life has been monotonous with some daily routine of collecting water and I was feeling to something different. I though of figuring out about the blue fire and why it was hot water in the morning before even sun shines. What happens just after sunrise and just after sunset. But i did not want to die to find it as well but then what is life if i do not use it to find the answers of life's problem and then convey the right knowledge to all my suffering friends. I now need a companion who is also as frustrated like me who can convey what i learn to others. I discussed this with few of my friends and few were willing to challenge the old superstitious notion.

We a group of 6 decided to take the adventure the following day just after sunset. I waited with bated breath for the first ray of sun to come up while i laid down to rest for the night. I was not getting the sleep due to the thrill of thinking about the next day's adventure. I was thinking about all those who might have been through society changing moments and the courage they would have mustered. Sometime at night i drowsed off to be woken by my friend in the early morning.

We covered the tunnel and was looking at the shining mountain we had to climb. Then we heard the sound. We froze in the path and put our ears together to hear the sound. We could hear the word of a large animal saying.. "Oh this ants.. dont know how they climb my gas stove and spoil the water.. Everyday i keep boiled water on the top of the stove and by evening i see lot of ants floating on it.. I need to again put the DDT.."

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