THE DISPATCH

Mountain to Shore, this hour.

Written from the mountain’s clock and from what you actually did. It is not a live model on every visit, and it will not invent a sold-out pizza just to look busy.

The mountain is between weathers. The rooms keep their keys.

• The coach has left

  Doors shut at 06:30. Arrival at the base is about 08:30. This is the journey, not a pause.