fiction
edward w pritchard
The Canadian rangers monitoring the Chilcoot Pass during the 1897 gold rush required a ton of goods to be transported up the steep mountain pass as admission for safety reasons into Canadian territory. At such times a man realizes that the Journey of life is always uphill and in the end there is no one to help you carry your load.
Slippery and cold, up to 50 below, one man after another trudged a step at a time, in a long line, like ants in a column, up, up up to be inspected by Mounties and allowed to enter Canadian territory to strike it rich. The Mounties had a check list of what was required but the first item on the list provides a flavor of the weight and cost of the items involved. The list begins 400 pounds of flour. Prices were skyrocketing as 25,000 men bid for goods and services.
The next time a small move is required in your life, say from an apartment to a house, search your collective unconsciousness [ of our species] and remember those ambitious but not wise ancestors who risked all to change habitats and bustle about far away to Alaska and Skagway in the dream of finding great wealth.
Preparing to move? Life is a journey and it is always uphill.
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