Revista Los Nogales no. 5 - Septiembre 2015 | Page 47

Caminatas / Colegio Los Nogales
2012-13.
Caminata Cocuy 9º

marvel at the beauty of the mountains

imposing mountains in the distance.

and feel a divine presence surrounding

Three pointy, sharp, menacing and abso-

me; to be able to see all this and take it in

lutely beautiful snow peaks saluted me.

before the hustling and buzzing sounds

How lucky was I to be able to see this,

of waking children, before I had to put

to watch the sun rise over those moun-

on my teacher hat and prepare for the
long hike ahead of us on our way to the
Ritacuba Blanco, in the Sierra Nevada
del Cocuy.

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tains and be able to take mental pictures
to carry with me a lifetime? How many
people get the chance to see these mountains live, to wake up to this magic? To

Once my body had woken up a bit and

be a witness to this beauty brought by

I had stretched for a few minutes salu-

a new day, to experience the vastness of

ting the sun, I turned around to face the

space, to let it move us?