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Survival of the Curious
Updated: Aug 5, 2021 A hiker reminded me recently of the value of curiosity. She said when she felt like quitting she would work on becoming curious. She would wonder what is around the next bend or what the view will be like at the top of the next mountain. This curiosity kept her going.…
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River + Outhouse = Nearo
When I left Whitehall, Montana, it was really hot. Temps were back in the nineties. Shannon, the Whitehall trail angel, drove my pack to the end of the nine-mile road walk so I could slack pack. I was able to do another four miles or so, limping on the sore hip or groin muscle, before…
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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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