A RAPID ASCENSION
In the absence of external digital stimulation or access to limitless data, the mental thought process of a hyperactive addled mind such as that of this journalist might run something like this. “Why did I choose to wear, of all things, two layers of cotton while embarking on this jungle and cave hike? Isn’t cotton supposed to let the skin breathe and so cool the body? But then, how can it also be so good at absorbing sweat? What is the weave on a cotton T-shirt? Didn’t René Lacoste wear cotton on the tennis court? Why was the weave he used called piqué? Is that why Djokovic beat Federer at Wimbledon?” And so on.
In the spirit of a (James) Joyce-ian stream of consciousness, those were the thoughts running through my mind as I scrambled up relatively steep rocky inclines clambering through the jungle caves of Tú Làn, the biggest and deepest cave
