It seemed I was in terrible danger.
Whatever happens, I thought, as Death trotted towards me, I won’t regret trying.
Such is the attitude of any kind of exercise. On some t-shirt I once read “‘Boy, I really regret that workout,’ SAID NO ONE EVER.” To me, physical recreation has a purifying effect on the soul.
And as I faced mortal peril deep in the mountains outside Kyoto, I experienced a moment of clarity, remembering the very physically active day I had so far experienced.