And then smelling it,feeling it beforethe sound even reacheshim, he kneels atcliff’s edge and for thefirst time, turns hishead toward the nowvisible falls thatgush over a quarter-mile of uplifted sheet-granite across the valleyand he pauses,lowering his eyesfor a moment, unableto withstand thetranquility—vast, unencumbered,terrifying, and primal.
-Forrest Gander
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