i have not felt much like writing on here lately, but i'm going to try and commit to a photo of the day. this was taking two nights ago below jasper lake. did a little overnight to go ski the storm lake bowl and was greeted by copious amount of rain and wind. but it cleared off, and the evening was stellar.
sun, clouds, rain, snow, grapple, thunder and lightning. here it is, moving in over neva at 10 am.
a little henry david thoreau to start the morning off...
happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
got accepted to be a NOLS instructor last night. very, very stoked.
fun jaunt to the top. nobody up here at all thanks to the snow. two smells stand out. when it's sort of misty and wet out, and you go for a hike in the woods, and it's kind of slippery? or maybe you are just moving through some moist, thick trees, and you have to grab onto them to push them aside and keep upright. you know that smell you get on your hands? it's like a mix of bark and rain water and leaves and mud and dirt? it's deep and it's musty. that's a nice smell. or you know when you are wearing a wool hat, and it gets wet, and you hold up to your nose. that's another smell i like.
my 2nd 14er descent yesterday. 14,265 feet high. firm up top, sloppy in the trees, pretty mellow overall. storm brewing to the south hastened the summit descent a bit. a bit of altitude sickness at the top, but nothing to whine about. three hour round trip. good to get back at it.
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