It usually starts with “I feel like climbing something”; Getting out of my own head and fresh air is the frosting (snow) on the cake (mountain)

I feel almost ‘normal’ pushing the boundaries, because the unknown is where growth happens; Stagnant is death. Yet, pre-emptively letting someone know where to look for your body, before a snowy wilderness expedition, would be smart; That’s my definition of a death insurance policy

Paulina Falls, Paulina Lake, and East Lake

Between several trees having obvious bear scratches, getting a few miles lost when attempting to take a ‘short-cut’ through three feet of snow, along with minor calories in my belly, near-zero cell service, blisters on my foot, then followed by thoughts of a possible subsequent volcanic eruption in the back of mind, raised a few doubts that day (:

My mind didn’t question the what or why’s of life, or the universes existential crisis theories I could think up with; I was living IN existence

You pass everyone else when you stay ONLY in competition with yourself