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One match fire

  • October 3 hike. Eleven miles and 8.5 hours in backcountry. 
  • Looking left as we climb to Piegan Pass. 
  • Looking Northeast from the Pass.
  • Looking North from the Pass.
  • Remnants of the former Bishops Cap Glacier.
  • Location context: Pollock Mountain, East side. 
  • Ange Wing, left-center foreground.
  • L-R: Siyeh, Mahtapi, Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, (partial) Piegan Mountain. Oct 3, 2021.
  • Different kind of rainbow. 
Glacier National Park 2021.

As a young teenager, was taught to (obsessively?) build a one-match fire. 

A simple vision: you may one day find yourself in a survival situation where a fire is the only thing that will keep you alive overnight. 

Plan for worst case scenario, and, you only have one match. The fire has to start before the match goes out or you could die.

Life or death situation. 

It has to succeed. 

You don’t get a second chance.

Zealot?

Let’s hope so. 

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From the mouth of babes

  • Restaurant wait times can kill some people. 
  • Seniors. You know how they act. Sheez. At 62, you can buy a lifetime National Park pass. So on WDW’s 50th birthday, i did. 
  • Opted for cooked breakfast over PBJ sandwiches. Jody Maberry on right. 
Glacier National Park 2021.

Hiking down from Reynolds Catwalk we heard two six-year olds say:

We are going to be Besties forever, even when we’re dirt.

Need to remember this for Valentine’s Day. 

Also yesterday…

18-second video: Hey buddy, i love you!

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Hey bear

  • Karma.
  • We do not say “hey bear” anymore. Jody hopes for bear encounters. He’s rubbed off on me. 
  • Actual vanity plate. Love it. 
Glacier National Park 2021.

While sitting outside the airport waiting for Jody Maberry, i spotted this plate. 

Hiking in Grizzly bear country is a serious endeavor. 

We hope to have some serious (and spiritual) encounters today. 

Making noise is a recommended way to alert bears to your vicinity. It may also have them disappear in advance of your arrival – with you never knowing they are there. 

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What a difference a year makes

37-second video: Yesterday was exactly one year ago to the day, September 30. 

Procrastinating excels at exponentially growing your to-do list to the point of chronic overwhelm. 

Chronic overwhelm robs you from being present. 

Chronic overwhelm dilutes the quality of your work. 

Here’s to hoping you are better, stronger, wiser, and more resilient from Covid-19’s devastating ambush on humanity. 

Wake up calls, in jeff-land, are considered celebratory gifts. Published a book about it in 2013. 

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Front row pew

  • Not only current year Pixar characters to mark the year at Glacier, but also the color of New Balance running shoes. 
  • Church is wherever you believe it to be. For me, it’s every step, every seat. Always a front row seat. 
Glacier National Park 2021.

Missing Cheryl happened long before yesterday. 

The good news?

We wasted nothing the past three weeks. 

If i started a list of all i’m grateful for from her visit, pretty sure i wouldn’t be able to stop writing. 

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