November 2016

“Humor is the good natured side of a truth. ” — Mark Twain If you've been following my blog, you will know that over the past several months, I've written a serial adventure chronicling our 9 days on the Wind River High Route.  It was a major undertaking for me, because my typical adventure stories are relatively involved and emotionally charged - so it isn't something that I can sit down and spit out in an hour at the computer. Looking back on my Wind River High Route...

“Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.” — The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupery I started thinking about writing this final Wind River High Route entry into my blog on our very first day of hiking the route -  in fact, I started thinking about it within the very first mile of setting foot on the trail.  Honestly, it tormented me a little bit - there...

“Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. ” — Rainier Maria Rilke The Wind River High Route does not "let you out" without a fight.  As rocky and strenuous as day 7 had been, day 8 would prove to be just as challenging.  We woke in our tent to a bitterly cold morning and a spectacular sunrise.  Achingly familiar with our daily routine, we loaded up our packs (which were now, mercifully, much lighter), and...