-John Muir
I'm putting together a longer piece that I'll add tonight, but I wanted to get the pics up and provide you guys a space to get started with your comments.
Congratulations on an impressive hike and thank you for an amazing week. If you guys have more images from any day this week, email them to me and I'll get them up.
I've been grappling with how I might slip back into society after such a transformaive week. Here's what I've been thinking: Thoreau came back to society, society supplied Abbey with his beloved college coeds, and, though he wasn't able to return to society, Alexander Supertramp recognized in the end that happiness is only real when shared. My hope is, as we ease ourselves back in, that you guys now have a lens through which to view your lives more clearly and an outlet that will allow you to put things in perspective every once in a while.
I'll add more soon, but I must go, as the pull of family and society is strong...
Actually I'm going for a quick morning hike at the Gorge.
Hiking 10 miles felt like quite an accomplishment. It was not the destination that was the reward, but looking back on the hike after completing it. The hike really showed the different climate that Southern California can offer. We started out treading through snow and ended in a desert like terrain. This week I discovered the solitude that one can find when they get away to be in nature.
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