The way down the mountain was much harder than climbing up, as the matter of gravity along with descending from such high spot was so worrying.. And very tiring for the arm muscles in a strong way, and the rocks of the mountain were not prepared of course to lean on for a rest, other than the part on the first quarter under the top of the mountain.. The friction of the hands while descending.. I knew that if I fell down from such height that I would not get any wings.. At least not six :))
كان النزول من الجبل صعباً جداً وأصعب من الصعود، حيث كان عامل الجاذبية الأرضية بالإضافة للنزول من على بُعد عالٍ مقلقاً كثيراً.. ومتعباً لعضلات الذراعين بصورة كبيرة، وكانت صخور الجبل بالطبع غير مهيئةٌ للاتكاء عليها للراحة بخلاف الجزء الموجود في الربع الأعلى من الطريق.. واحتكاك الأيدي مع الجلد في النزول.. وكنت أعلم أنني إن سقطت من هذا العلو لن أحصل على أية أجنحة.. على الأقل ليس ستة :))
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All photographs by Michael Ghaly for
St-Takla.org, April-June 2008
The leather rope again
Ethiopians at the bottom
It was very hard going down
than up
Preparing to tie me with the
rope
Oh my God, it is not easy!
Yes, about 20-25 meters!
Finally I got down, and was
about to fall, but I was tied with the other rope, and they hold it
from up.. And here is one of the Ethiopian boys coming down
The rope I took from around
my waist
God arranged that this
person guides me to the next village (2 hours), and from I took
another car to another village (3 hours), where I was going to take
the plane back to Addis Abeba
He didn't use the
"inexperienced" rope in addition to
that one like I did
But I had to do the exact
same, and depend on the other rope if my hands get hot from the
leather or lose my grip
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