Somewhere in the noise is a song. Somewhere in the cacophony is a melody—a sweet sound. The ensemble is our attempt to discover the rhythms, the groanings and the eureka moments of life amongst the noise.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

It's not that noisy at 8848m

Or is it? I dunno.

Michael Dunjey is leaving on a jet plane tomorrow morning to climb Mount Everest. That's all.

I'm planning to see my mate, quasi-brother-in-law, fellow 9CC-er and avowed cacophonist off on a journey that is planned to be punctuated by a moment at the top of the world (looking down on creation). I'm trusting that the years of running coaching come in handy...probably on the way down. No matter how much they plaster him over the TV, he'll always be 'Scunge-belly' to me.

You can track his progress on this website when you feel the mood takes.

For the moment though, a song for the ascendant:

Psalm 121 (A song of ascents)

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

We're praying for you big guy. Be bold and courageous!

3 comments:

garrick field said...

hi, those deletions were me again - having a few issues here!.

anyway mate, have a ball, its my dream to get that high of my own accord, look forward to hearing the stories and seeing the photos.

Anonymous said...

I just want to thankyou all for your support, love, friendship and prayers over the past few months. They have made me so much stronger than I ever thought I could be!
I cant thankyou all enough.
You all rock our world... thanks for being you
heres to a fast 10 weeks!!!

Gráinne O'Donovan said...

Wow. This is huge. (So is Everest.)

I'm thinking of you, Aimee.