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David's fine, or will be. He had an unfortunate chance encounter on the Pamir Highway with some folks engaging in the time-honored opium trade and wound up with a couple of bullets in his leg. Totally random sort of situation - the folks who ship that crap north out of Afghanistan tend to be a twitchy bunch.
As for myself, I had a brush with altitude sickness (and didn't realize it for nearly a week, yes - I never claimed to be particularly bright). I neglected to remember that the brain that's been through a not-insubstantial amount of trauma this summer might not react well to wandering around one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. Three guesses as to what Moira said about that when I called her from Tel Aviv. It wasn't actually HACE or I certainly wouldn't have lasted the week, but the physiological differences in a psi's brain tend to leave us open to odd manifestations of problems like that. And no, this didn't stop me from climbing mountains regularly when I was younger. I will refer you to my self-assessment above.
Descending to Dunshanbe took care of the problem, as expected. I'm tired, but not ridiculously so. I see I missed quite a bit while I was away. I think I'll wait to catch up until after I've had some sleep.
As for myself, I had a brush with altitude sickness (and didn't realize it for nearly a week, yes - I never claimed to be particularly bright). I neglected to remember that the brain that's been through a not-insubstantial amount of trauma this summer might not react well to wandering around one of the highest mountain ranges in the world. Three guesses as to what Moira said about that when I called her from Tel Aviv. It wasn't actually HACE or I certainly wouldn't have lasted the week, but the physiological differences in a psi's brain tend to leave us open to odd manifestations of problems like that. And no, this didn't stop me from climbing mountains regularly when I was younger. I will refer you to my self-assessment above.
Descending to Dunshanbe took care of the problem, as expected. I'm tired, but not ridiculously so. I see I missed quite a bit while I was away. I think I'll wait to catch up until after I've had some sleep.
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2006-09-26 07:08 pm (UTC)
Altitude sickness, opium dealers and radio silence for a week?
Never going anywhere without me ever again. Except Muir. Muir's okay.
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x_cable
2006-09-26 07:13 pm (UTC)
I didn't think to call home. Distracted by the imaginary dead people who kept showing up and talking to me. Hallucinations are fun, except when they're not.
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x_wytchbrat
2006-09-26 08:30 pm (UTC)
I don't think you're exactly reassuring him, Nate.
Hey Ange, you could always get Nate one of those tethers, like they have for Rachel...
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x_wytchbrat
2006-09-27 03:12 pm (UTC)
And all joking aside... I'm glad you're all right and that David's back where he belongs, mostly safe and sound.
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x_cable
2006-09-27 08:03 pm (UTC)
Me too.
And we didn't even cause an international incident. We're all going soft in our old ages.
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x_wallflower_
2006-09-27 12:05 pm (UTC)
Bad teacher. Bad! *ponders getting out the rolled up newspaper*
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x_cable
2006-09-27 08:03 pm (UTC)
Why is that always nearly anyone's first response?
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x_wytchbrat
2006-09-27 08:34 pm (UTC)
It's the puppy eyes. *grins*
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x_wallflower_
2006-09-28 12:07 pm (UTC)
I've been hearing things. Things to do with you and injuries. I'm not entirely sure I believe anyone can be injured that often. They are joking with me, aren't they?
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x_skin
2006-09-28 03:29 pm (UTC)
I have a list.