Tag: Glacier

Annoyingly organized

  • This brand new sign replaces the old “hiking prohibited past this sign” sign. 
  • Mt Cannon (top) is a big mountain. 
  • McDonald Creek is down to a trickle in early October.
Glacier National Park 2021.
10-second video: The plan from Logan Pass was to beeline it to West Glacier. Never happened. The Grizzly sighting less than a minute after leaving the Pass parking lot changed everything.

Annoying confident are the folks who for a variety of reasons, exude a vibe, a karma, even an expectation that good things are going to consistently happen. 

These same people have assuredly placed their hands on the firey-hot gates of hell. 

They have learned too much about hell to ever get close again. 

In fact, they are warriors against negativity, impatience, and anger. 

They walk confidently. 

In an ideal world, they also walk humbly. 

Observing the humble ones, they just look annoyingly confident.  

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Half of my home town

  • The wilderness has always felt like home. 
  • The only life form you’ll find fossilized in Glacier’s mountains is Stromatolites. Why? It was shallow ocean bottom before there was enough oxygen to support a second form of life.
  • Think of it as fossilized algae.
  • Something like 1.4 billion years ago, the plates collided/overlapped. 
  • Late afternoon, two Glacier zealots (crazy ones) began their descent back to Siyeh Bend. i bet Jody a dollar ours would be the only car there. Correct-da-mundo. 
Glacier National Park 2021.

Half of my hometown thinks one way. The other half thinks the opposite. 

It’s the same in your hometown. 

The world is full of opposites. 

Contrast.

Oxygen. Carbon dioxide.

Fire. Water.

Flood. Drought.

Zealots. Conformists.

Gratitude. Bitterness. 

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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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