Back row: Tim Adams, Will Brett, William Taylor, & Nigel Cook
Front row: Matt Segale, Dory Weston, Alicia Howard, Anne Glenn, & Jen Ponig (high above Petra in Jordan)
Front row: Matt Segale, Dory Weston, Alicia Howard, Anne Glenn, & Jen Ponig (high above Petra in Jordan)
1999 - Trip Highlights
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- landing in Amman, Jordan, after seeing an incredible dust storm with violent red colors below the plane as we flew over eastern Turkey or Syria
- running hill repeats in the morning with girls in shorts in Amman, while Mr. Taylor kept watch for fundamentalists
- fun evening dinner in outdoor cafe; festive atmosphere
- the drive down toward the desert of "Lawrence of Arabia"
- a very brief run on the ancient royal highway, where a tribe of Moses came north from Egypt to claim some land
- caves and rocks of Indiana Jones
- spectacular view from crags high above Petra
- the staggering view of Wadi Rumm and the camel tracks of Lawrence
- drive by jeeps out onto the desert of "Lawrence of Arabia" (“if it is written, I will write it”)
- the Syrian border and a fat guide who liked Mr. Taylor
- a morning run through the streets of Damascus without condemnation
- east, east, to Palmyra, and a road sign to Baghdad
- those strong, curious women with facial markings
- an incredible flaming sunset seen from high above the ruins
- the girls running down the main street of the small village at dusk, full of stride and with male attention
- a favorite castle of Lawrence in Syria; looking down on the Becca Valley of Lebanon
- a water mill and the murder of thousands
- a barren archaeological site where Syrian it is claimed that monotheism was in evidence in 2500 B.C.
- Aleppo, a lively city by night: two Arete junkies on water pipes
- a run through a park, visiting with Syrians
- Istanbul with powerful calls to prayer; a bit too high tech
- evening down by the water; the bridge over the Golden Horn
- a long drive out to Gallipoli and the sound track from a "Thin Red Line"
- the waves softly felt the shore, the graves cried
- Dory holds the day to truth at outdoor dinner table
- that evening Jen meets her animos on a run along the Hellespont in the morning
- A night at Assos and the next morning with Aristotle on slopes below Athena
- “here is a lobster, Dory”
- Patmos and two Arete beaches; one of sand, the other rocks; supreme calamari
- oh Athens, speak to Arete once more, where Pericles told of the dead, the Parthenon received her pilgrims
- the run through the park, then the Olympic stadium of 1896
- the Arete meadow and a look down at the Delphi track
- Will helps a wounded Alicia to enjoy the stadium run by dawn
- Olympia, the arch and the tunnel of our sport
- a hill of a god by twilight
- Roma and the flames of Bruno
- a stop for lunch at Lucca
- a surprise swim on the beautiful Italian Riviera
- Segale and his family village above Genoa
- our petite track at St. Moritz
- Sils Maria and a beautiful morning to ponder Nietzsche quotes; then personal runs just before the heavy rain
- new Arete peaks, the Dolomites, and aggressive ponies
- Vienna with Freud, running around the park named for the archaeologist of the mind; Tim has cartoons that might find their way to our web site?
- Alicia has a new name
- a visit by Holly from Budapest and a pleasant Sunday walk
- Mauthausen and the gas chamber
- Munich and 1972 Olympic deaths

Matt Segale of Arete '99 wanted to see if he could find family members in a village in the mountains above Genoa, Italy. So we drove high into the mountains and found a village with Segale blood. A political campaign was underway, so we entered Matt in the race. Family connections usually prevail in politics. (See passport photo on wall)