Garen Mouths Off
Yegparian: Triathlon, Mountains, Armenians, Koreans
I did a triathlon last Sunday. Are you impressed? Well, I suppose you should temper you oohs and aahs with the knowledge that I hiked, biked, and swam all in a day, but just a little of each— a triathlon only of my own making all locally in Burbank and Glendale. But hey, the hike and bike parts were in the Verdugo Mountains. Doesn’t that count for something?
More interesting is that the Verdugos have been a lot more crowded lately, this due to the closure of about a quarter of the nearby Angeles National Forest (because of last summer’s huge fire) and people traveling less far afield for recreation due to the pinch they’re feeling in their wallets.
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As someone who’s fat and bald and getting older, you’d done quite well for yourself my fellow writer — and hiker. That climb sounded like fun. As someone on a question to scale all the tallest peaks in NE, I’ve seldom encountered another Armenian on these trails, except for my partner Karekin Soghigian, an accomplished mountaineer. So, as a crowning touch, I plant a small Tricolor at the peak of each mountain and utter a quiet Hye Mer. It’s my way of bringing my heritage to the mountains of God. And thanking Him for keeping me healthy and mobile. Wouldn’t it be nice if all of us got together and climbed Ararat? Despite our discrepancies, we can still dream. Keep writing — and climbing. Tom V.
Bold guy climbing Mount Baldy. Very symbolic:)) Let us know when Armenian hiking group is formed. That would be fun.
Garen,
They say… if you were to flatten Korea out… that it would be as big as China.
That country is FULL of mountains and hills. If Koreans didn’t learn to enjoy them then they would be a very depressed people indeed.