Tag: Glacier

The day begins the night before

Mt Reynolds on a cloudy day, yesterday, from Mt Oberlin.

The day begins the night before.

All set to head out early this morning.

Packed and ready to go last night.

Parking is always a challenge at The Loop and at Logan Pass.

Unless you get there by 7:30 AM.

You miss this mark and the day spins out of control.

Djuan and i do not have time to waste on his short visit.

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Organize to get up and look up

Going to the Sun Road at night. The Garden Wall and the Northern Lights captured in a time-lapse night time photo from Mt. Oberlin. Heading to Mt Oberlin in an hour.
The moss, ferns, large leaf shrubs seem out of place in Glacier. In reality, they have found their special place. Privileged to be there yesterday.

Top photo shows an eight-mile portion of the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road, a time-lapse taken at 8,200′. The second photo is from deep in the forest in Glacier’s lowest elevation, 3,200′ above sea level.

The first photo represents the climb to get up to see the bigger picture.

The second photo represents using your neck muscles to look around, especially up.

Sore and stiff necks as we age are the result of not looking around nor up.

Closed-minded thinking is a result of not seeing the bigger, global picture.

Organize yourself to never feel too old to lift your feet and your neck.

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3 R’s

My cabin is 10 miles from here and directly across from the mountains on the left.

3 R’s

Reduce. 

Reuse. 

Recycle. 

Mostly reduce.

Reducing is my best life hack for getting and staying organized.

The other best hacks are having clear priorities, practicing the art of surrender, and simplifying life’s five big choices (mind, body, spirit, work, home).

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Experience and inexperience

Wild Goose Island is down there. Never saw it from this angle.
We were the only two out here. Blackfoot and Jackson Glaciers.
Middle left, barely visible, Wild Goose Island. The Great Plains at the top.

Experience and inexperience.

Sometimes, probably often, being disorganized is a manifestation of doing something new.

Hiking in Glacier for the first time, my hiking buddy (we met on trail) yesterday didn’t have bear spray, food, or water.

At six hours and nine miles at high elevation, i had all three.

Long ago, i would have been exactly like John.

He was awesome company, a veteran, and he unknowingly provided me an opportunity to hike without drinking.

He declined two offers to drink from my camelback, but did accept a protein bar for lunch.

Never knew i could hike so far and so long without water. Thank you John.

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A great home can be lonely if…

Mt. Reynolds. My back and lunch spot. Waited for Shane and Jeremy to see how close we were. It took Jeremy another 45 minutes to summit. Shane got vertigo and had to hold until Jeremy descended.
In the moment using the Garmin satellite GPS, “transforming fears into history”.

A great home can be lonely if…

You have few, or none, to share it with. 

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