I got to the mountain well early and got to see the first light hit Devil’s Peak. And yet I passed people coming down as I was going up. There’s a whole community of very fit people of all descriptions up there.
It’s nice being proper fit again. I think there’s a threshold of fitness beyond which most exercise becomes much more enjoyable - challenging rather than trying. But it’s not easy for most people to reach that in systems that relentlessly encourage sedentary living.
I beat the cults going up but I saw them doing their weird separate-but-together talking into space on the way down.
I made an attempt at a soy chunk biryani last night from a great recipe that’s apparently Tamil. I misjudged the water though so it was more like a curry risotto. The soy chunks work great in a biryani though. I thought they’d be soft. But they have a texture much like chicken but absorb the masala flavours far better. Tasty as heck.