There were many times during the week of preparations for this trip where I thought, what the fuck am I doing? Time, money, effort, questions, problems, loneliness. I could be doing so many other things right now. I’d had all these thoughts before and knew it was worth it, so I kept on going, got […]
In June, I worked a NOLS Alumni course on Denali. It was not a typical NOLS course and it was not a typical mountaineering experience. I had wanted to climb the mountain for a long time, with various things getting in the way over the years. At last, it was time to experience the mountain.
21 April 2024 I get tired of the strain. There are things inside me that I cannot easily put to words. I don’t think words are my first language. Paragraphs have never been easy. As if trying to place a face – you flip through all the faces in your brain, looking for a match,
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