SOWING THE SEEDS

and we’re still up in the mountains. It’s Friday and we have another week of trail building behind us. According to Alex there’s still plenty of light and even more work to finish before heading down to the local bar. “You haven’t worked enough to deserve a beer yet,” he says, laughing, while working a giant rock with a 10kg mallet. My fingers are numb, my feet weigh a ton, my face is a mixture of sunblock and dust, my body aches for water even though I’ve