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Lhotse
for alto and tenor saxophone duo
Duration: 12:00
for alto and tenor saxophone duo
Duration: 12:00
On a summit attempt of Mount Everest in the magnificent
Himalaya range, the Lhotse face culminates at 26,000 feet,
the last stop before the summit push. It is from here that
tired and battered climbers look up to the seemingly near
peak of Everest, a.k.a Chomolangma, or “Mother Goddess
of the World” as it is respectfully referred to in her
homeland of Nepal. The “third pole” as it is often termed
lies only 2,000 vertical feet above the Lhotse face, a mere
skip and jump away after the grueling two month climb and
acclimation up to 26,000 feet. Standing there at Lhotse and
peering up to the top of the world, one knows that it will be
an epic struggle with every breath and step in the “death
zone.” And yet beholding the sights from that exposed face,
and realizing how far you have come must be incredibly
majestic and yet indescribable. At the fleeting moment
when all thoughts of fear and anticipation briefly subside,
there must be an awe-inspiring sense of calm and
spirituality. It is this sense of calm and peace within an
environment of intense pressure that I sought to describe in
this work. In his book “Into Thin Air,” Jon Krakauer
describes moments perched on the Lhotse face; “...I sat
with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the
clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000- foot peaks that
a month earlier had towered overhead. At long last, it
seemed as though I was really nearing the roof of the
world.”
Himalaya range, the Lhotse face culminates at 26,000 feet,
the last stop before the summit push. It is from here that
tired and battered climbers look up to the seemingly near
peak of Everest, a.k.a Chomolangma, or “Mother Goddess
of the World” as it is respectfully referred to in her
homeland of Nepal. The “third pole” as it is often termed
lies only 2,000 vertical feet above the Lhotse face, a mere
skip and jump away after the grueling two month climb and
acclimation up to 26,000 feet. Standing there at Lhotse and
peering up to the top of the world, one knows that it will be
an epic struggle with every breath and step in the “death
zone.” And yet beholding the sights from that exposed face,
and realizing how far you have come must be incredibly
majestic and yet indescribable. At the fleeting moment
when all thoughts of fear and anticipation briefly subside,
there must be an awe-inspiring sense of calm and
spirituality. It is this sense of calm and peace within an
environment of intense pressure that I sought to describe in
this work. In his book “Into Thin Air,” Jon Krakauer
describes moments perched on the Lhotse face; “...I sat
with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the
clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000- foot peaks that
a month earlier had towered overhead. At long last, it
seemed as though I was really nearing the roof of the
world.”
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