tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post6941963884061053100..comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Comments on Roundtop Ruminations: What procrastination gave meCarolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-46738300047644770672012-05-23T11:32:01.842-04:002012-05-23T11:32:01.842-04:00A wonderful description of the sound. You know you...A wonderful description of the sound. You know you live in a quiet place when you can hear nature move through the trees, and nothing else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-33352422534403090332012-05-22T10:40:02.799-04:002012-05-22T10:40:02.799-04:00Elora: Thanks!Elora: Thanks!Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-40624934396299758822012-05-22T10:39:35.267-04:002012-05-22T10:39:35.267-04:00Scott: i've been to the Hoh rainforest--total...Scott: i've been to the Hoh rainforest--totally cool spot--but it never occurred to me it was the "quietest place in the U.S." That sounds a bit like hype to me.<br /><br />The quietest place I've ever been was on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, up near Chilkoot Pass, in a stretch of trail where there's nothing but rocks. So there are no birds or animals and that is so quiet the silence seems impossibly deep. Even when a rock once rolled down the mountain, it somehow didn't seem to break that kind of silence.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-48730776464762700802012-05-22T10:21:20.724-04:002012-05-22T10:21:20.724-04:00Isn't it magical how sometimes a tree will be ...Isn't it magical how sometimes a tree will be swaying in the breeze and its neighbor is motionless?<br /><br />This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I saw a short clip on "CBS This Morning" about the sound of silence. The correspondent (who looked like he should still be in high school--boy, am I getting old) was searching for silence. He visited a specific location in the Hoh rain forest in Olympic National Park, an isolated location that the correspondent's guide said was the quietest place in the United States. What he actually meant was that it was free of human-generated sounds, because the forest was alive with natural sounds (which the guide acknowledged).<br /><br />The quietest place I have ever been in my life was Arches National Park. I remember hiking a trail in Arches, and then letting my two companions move a few hundred yards ahead of me--out of earshot. I just stopped and stood there and heard absolutely nothing. The air was still, no birds or insects made sounds, and the vegetation didn't rustle. It was perfectly silent. The only thing I actually did hear was the blood pulsing through my ears. Strange and wonderful.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-2790369706512178202012-05-22T07:27:01.429-04:002012-05-22T07:27:01.429-04:00Makes perfect sense, Carolyn!
Thanks for these l...Makes perfect sense, Carolyn! <br /><br />Thanks for these lovely descriptions!<br /><br />EloraElorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.com