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On the Big Sky Alternate Route
From where I am sitting right now life and time feel like such contrasting things, yet they are so closely intertwined. We live life for a certain amount of time and then we die. I’m thinking about this because I am sitting by myself in a very large open area surrounded by rising mountains. Down
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Big Sky, Small World
Today I was watching three tiny bugs spend a half hour going around and around on the top of one small flower. I wondered what it would be like to have your entire world be so small. Then I thought about some of the people I have met. They have been born, grown up, and
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Learning to Trust
Being laid back on a long hike is something I’ve seldom done, especially when alone. I might have been able to push over the next big climb, but I suspect I would not have enjoyed it. I’m learning to trust on a whole new level—not the external trail but myself. It feels like I am
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Hiking Cross-Country: It’s About Trust
Updated: Aug 5, 2021 trail angels Dean, Jackie, Shannon and Paul By Mary Anderson On this section of hike when I am heading cross-country to avoid fires, everything is a lesson in deeper trust. I have little idea of my mileage. I don’t know exactly how much I’ve walked, nor how much more I have
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Deep Quiet
It happens every time I walk into a grocery store. I feel overwhelmed by all the possible selections, and my brain seems to shut down. I walk from aisle to aisle in a state of confusion. I know some of this is because it is such a stark contrast with the simplicity and lack of
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Attitudes About Alternate Routes
Trail maintenance crew. I am older than all of them put together There are trail politics around alternate routes. On some trails, such as the Long Trail in Vermont, there really aren’t alternate trails for people to consider. You hike from one end of the state to the other on a very well marked trail.
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