November 2016

28 Nov

Posted at 19:51h in My Adventures

“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...

27 Nov

Posted at 19:28h in My Adventures

“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...

23 Nov

Posted at 05:05h in My Adventures

“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...