Scariest animal encounter

Video context:

  • First and foremost, safety takes a back seat to nothing. Never get this close to wild animals.
  • Spent nearly five hours hiking to Mountain Pass (7,600′), enjoying lunch, relaxing
  • Sun will soon be out of sight
  • Car is five miles away
  • Been hiking in Grizzly Bear country for 50 years
  • We are alone on the mountain Pass, late September
  • i miraculously spot a bear 800 meters from the Pass
  • The bear is 10-15 meters from trail
  • Trail is the only way to safely pass the bear to return to car
  • As we hike down, we become blind to Bear’s location
  • We clear small forrest and see the Bear
  • Without hesitation, our only choice is obvious to me
  • We must get past the bear or risk being trapped
  • Once Sun disappears behind Continental Divide, it gets cold quickly
  • There is no safe way to pass if we attempt off-trail route
  • Trusted my gut from 50 years of wilderness experience
  • We talk loud so the Bear knows we are coming, to avoid surprise
  • Bear is foraging in a hole it dug, eyes “buried”, we quickly pass
  • We walk (never run) far down the trail, peering back often
  • We pause, grateful to be on the car side of trail
  • In this moment, i sense something for first time in half a century
  • Bear is focused on eating, not us
  • We observe Bear is a surreal encounter
  • Scariest animal encounter ever, and also the most incredible
  • Finally, this is absolutely the most dangerous position to be in. NEVER think for a moment that you can safely do what we just did
  • i know i will be a fool to think this would ever be safe in the future. You should too.

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10,000 Hours

Son, my greatest wish for you is that you find someone like mom to spend your life with.

dad

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All the way down

What if all you got for the rest of your life were the prayers you said yesterday?

dad

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Remembering Covid’s Grace

A prison is anywhere you are not free. A career, a relationship, a mindset, habits, anything.

dad

The Queen maintained a lifetime of diplomatic motivation. Unparalleled Grace. So many world leaders she knew and interacted with over 70-ish years. Is it possible she loved them all? Did she ever feel like a prisoner?

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Nocturnal nature

8-second video: From our yard, an American Bald Eagle being attacked by much smaller bird(s).

Nature has no grocery stores, no insurance, no law, no streetlights.

dad

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