Tag: Quotes

Act your age

three hikers in the mountains
The day continues to warm. i’m down to four layers.
  • East of Logan Pass, looking towards the St Mary Valley.
  • Mesmerizing, to me.
  • Clements Mountain. Oberlin is to Clements’ right.
  • L-R: Mt Reynolds, Clements Mountain.
  • Having some fun.
  • Back to traditional, act your age photos.
  • Back to not-acting-your-age photos. Most hikers got a kick out of this state change.
Glacier National Park.

Asked myself, what’s stopping you from starting every day on your knees for two minutes of prayer? Too busy to spare a single minute? You’re kidding right?

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Wait, you got a signal?

two guys by a lake
Djuan receiving a happy birthday call at Wild Goose Island.
  • Before giving up entirely on Logan Pass, we hiked Rim Rock – the beginning 600 meters with the safety cable.
  • While it wasn’t snowing, it was still freezing.
  • Mt Oberlin, our intended summit destination behind us. The sign states we are at 6,646′. Oberlin is 8,200′.
  • Back down to 3,100′ at Lake McDonald, on our way back to West Glacier Motel.

Ultimately, life is a single-player game. You are responsible for all of it.

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Control vs uncontrollable

baby yoda toy in mountains
Received this gem last night.
  • Took a million selfies for business marketing options and opportunities.
  • First time ever to the shore.
  • Typical St Mary Lake shoreline.
  • Typical jeff noel Disney Character photo.
  • Time stamping the 2020 visit with Wilden Lightfoot. Pixar’s Onward debuted March 6, 2020.
  • Russell and Carl (UP) do not time stamp anything. UP debuted 2009.
  • Mulan (1998), same thing – no time stamp. However, the live action version released a few weeks ago on Disney+.
  • The Manticore and Laurel Lightfoot – March 6, 2020 debut.
Driving Sun Road, September 25, 2020.

Peace begets peace. Anxiety begets anxiety. Regret sucks.

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Ready? Prepared?

Pixar Onward toys by mountain lake
Ian and Barley Lightfoot.

Prepared to die and ready to die are paradoxical realities. Always be prepared. Perhaps never be ready.

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Got Steve & Stacy?

three hikers on a mountain top
Stacy stayed here because experience told her it’s too windy for her body to be on top.
Steve nor i stood up the entire time we were on Mt. Pollock’s summit. Piegan Mountain right foreground.
  • Seeing Bishop’s Cap (left foreground) this close took my breath away. Mt Gould top center.
  • Steve retired from Boeing in Seattle.
  • Mt Siyeh is reported to be the easiest to summit of Glacier’s six 10,000+ foot peaks. Cataract Mountain lower left at 8,200′.
  • Mt Siyen, center.
  • Looking North past Mt Gould (left).
  • It’s futile to describe how fierce the wind is right now, without the gusts that come with no warning. Stacy is fearful of being blown off the summit. Stacy is experienced, and, smart.
  • Captured as many photos as possible while the wind and cold froze my hands plus the risk of phone being blown out of your hand.
  • Low clouds raced by us. Looking North at the Continental Divide going to Canada.
Pollock Mountain summit, September 23, 2020.

Let your relationship with Nature be your life’s final exam.

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