Tag: Glacier

Scarcity creates value

  • A side rarely seen. Mt Reynolds. 
  • Gorgeous drainage basin. Only visible from this angle while out on the Reynolds Catwalk. 
  • Drainage basin.
  • Garden Wall and Continental Divide from Reynolds Catwalk.
  • Wild Goose Island (center). A picture of it from this angle is rare. 
  • Driving down from Logan Pass and Reynolds Catwalk hike.
  • After a long day, it’s nice to have a safe, clean, and affordable place to sleep. Belton Chalet.
Glacier National Park 2021.

Scarcity creates value. 

Diamonds, for example. Or trust. 

Gifted Jody Maberry with an exceptionally rare hike yesterday (October 2).

Why?

Jody appreciates the art of seeing and .thinking .differently 

Who doesn’t appreciate being appreciated. 

(and remember to have fun, it’s a jungle out there)

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Benefits of easing into anything

Pika
Pikas are rarely seen. We saw two yesterday. Great karma. 
  • Ta-da! Jody’s second Glacier summit. The first is Swiftcurrent Mountain. 
  • At 8,200’, we see what cannot be seen from lower elevations. Obviously. But actually doing it versus seeing photos of it is the difference between reading a love story and living a love story. 
  • If you zoom in you’ll see a mountain shadow and a sunlit mountain dancing together. 
Glacier National Park 2021.
18-second video (poor audio quality): Jody Maberry helping me celebrate Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary. Mt Oberlin, 8,200’.

The benefits of easing into any endeavor are obvious and not so obvious:

  1. Allows for warming up. 
  2. Alleviates overdoing it. 
  3. Builds confidence by slowly erasing fear. 
  4. Helps you stay present.

The four above, when done consistently, up your fun factor. Fun is good. 

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You either are or you aren’t

Mountains
None of my photos are ever artificially enhanced. Ever. What you see is what you get. 

Your career can be perceived as highly successful. You could, simultaneously, be a wreck underneath. 

True success is freedom. 

If you need your career, you are not free. 

Prioritize your priorities. Work cannot be your number one priority. So don’t live a life that contradicts your true priority. 

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Time heals

21-second video: September 30, 2020. Roughly six months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thirty-thousand Disneyland and Walt Disney World Cast Members are terminated. Brutal news.

A year ago i recorded this short video. 

A year later, today, snow permitting, a follow up video will be recorded from the exact location – Mt Oberlin. 

Coincidentally, after last year’s video recording, i began my descent to the Logan Pass visitor center parking lot, got lost on top, and panicked. 

Definitely the scariest lifetime Glacier experience. 

The good news?

One year later, Disney Theme Park operations have rebounded remarkably. i too have grown from my terrifying mountain summit experience. In fact, it has opened my eyes to doing night hikes, in a group. 

Today’s posts have been written in the rental car at Logan Pass. A few “real-time” pics to show where i’m about to hike:

  • Lower left, current temp. 
  • Top line current date and time. 
  • Logan Pass visitor center. Sunrise. 
  • Mt Oberlin, 8,200’. Sunrise.
  • Going to the Sun Mountain welcomes a new day, September 30, 2021. 
  • Been sitting here nearly 2.5 hours. Cooked breakfast (freeze-dried), read, prayed, and wrote these posts. 
Glacier National Park 2021

It’s taken four hours longer than Summer to fill the parking lot. In Summer, lot is full around 6:00 AM. As i finish typing this sentence, the frustrated drivers are circling like hyenas trying to strike at someone miraculously vacating a coveted parking space. 

It stresses ME out. And i already have a space (since 730am). 

This hyena-anxiety will exist until about 3pm. Brutal.

.hpm 

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Bank on compound interest

  • Amongst the common flowers, this rare gem. 
Glacier National Park.

Your home (HQ) is surviving because you don’t want to do the hard, time-consuming work to transform from an overwhelmed, procrastination mindset to a simple, intentional mindset.

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