Tag: Glacier

Cancel it all?

Family hiking g in mountains
The two other parents here (besides Cheryl and me) are returning this year. But this year (2023) it’s gonna be late September, not late July. We are bundled up because it can be cold and windy in late July.

Plan for the worst. Hope for the best.

dad

You heard me a month ago say that i thought worst case i’ll permanently lose sight in one eye.

Consequently, i wrote off the rest of the 2023 GNP Summer season. For me this turned a record-setting three-month GNP Summer into a one-month Summer.

Yes, and…

While i cancelled almost all accommodations, i didn’t cancel all of them.

Why?

Hoping for the best.

So here we are.

Eye sight is remarkably better than just a week ago.

Can envision me and Cheryl back on a Montana-bound plane.

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Oasis of quiet, spiritually

Hikers in the mountains
Steve and Stacy have Go-Pros that automatically capture photos at whatever interval they set. Just a bit more context than the last photo.

You cannot see or think optimally if you are not quiet and still.

dad

Slow down to speed up.

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Spiritual couch potato

mountains
From Pollock’s summit. In person it’s the closest i’ve come to feeling like “breath-taking” is the perfect description.
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Looking left from previous photo.
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Looking farther left from previous photo.
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Capturing Logan Pass peaks and Heavens Peak.
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The bulge is Mt Gould. Literally in the center, before Gould, is Bishops Cap. That’s where we are headed.

Adventure is out there.

Pixar’s UP

Being in the season of life when your odds are unusually higher to encounter health challenges simply because of age…

Not a fan.

Because it’s new, and naïvely unexpected, it feels a little scary.

Not scary like i can’t handle it.

Scary like i can handle it, but i don’t want to, ever.

Kinda like some of the trails i’ve hiked and realize the risks should be more earnestly considered.

So i’m looking around at life’s sixth-decade landscape and becoming increasingly aware this is uncharted territory.

The thought of possibly losing sight in one eye is scary.

But i may be thinking about an issue that seems scary simply because i am a novice.

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Iconic Continental Divide image

unique mountain ridge formation
As the camera pans out, you begin to see how uniquely this one rock feature is an anomaly.

i will never forget the Universe’s generosity in allowing me to lose vision at home, not in Glacier.

dad

What a difference 36 hours makes.

Insignificant in a 60-plus year lifetime.

Critical in potentially saving a life, or at a minimum, not making things worse.

What if going blind would have happened in our Glacier Lodge room?

What if going blind would have happened on a trail?

What if going blind would have happened on a deep-in, remote trail and i was hiking alone?

Insanely grateful for it to happen 36 hours after returning home.

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And so it goes, spiritually

6-second video: Driving deep in. Fifty years ago on this same road, in a chartered bus with 50 Scouts and chaperones, almost dark and no distinguishable landscape features visible until the next morning.

i love the privilege of daily blogging on five uniquely different topics.

dad

Being in uncharted territory is a prime example of opposites.

On one side, uncharted territory is an immense opportunity.

On the other side, uncharted territory could be your demise.

My advice…

  • Have fun
  • .think .differently
  • Lean into discomfort

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