Archive for November 22nd, 2007

Nov 22, 2007

Triple solo

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A few days ago, Gant, Jared and I climbed Alta peak. I’ll write about that later. The thing that struck me was while hiking we ran into not only this, but three other hikers going up the trail. Each of them were solo, while we were rolling three deep.

It just made me thankful to have friends to travel with into these places and see these things and experience these events. Those three solo hikers don’t have the same level of safety net that we did, but more importantly I don’t think they’d have quite as much fun either. Sometimes solitude is great, there’s nothing like that feeling of the immensity of the world when you are the only person for a hundred square miles. Sometimes that is exactly what you need.

But there is safety, a measure of fun and a shared sense of adventure when you have a good crew.

I’m thankful for my family, who allow me the time to explore. I’m thankful for my friends who explore with me and I’m thankful for BSG being back on this Saturday, though I’m working, so I’m also thankful for my DVR.