Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. --Mary Oliver Fact: At higher elevations, the Earth's atmosphere becomes thinner. Compared to the air at sea level, the air at altitude is less dense, which means that all of the atmospheric gases--like oxygen--are more spread out. The body's tissues need oxygen to aid with performance. This is what makes hiking at altitude a breath practice. Truth: "We breathe, and wildness comes in. We don't control it." Jack Turner, Exum Mountain Guide and author Early in the planning stages of my hike up Mount Whitney, one of the women I had invited along asked me if I wanted to attend a Mount Whitney training workshop she had discovered on Facebook. Politely, I declined, explaining to my friend that I wanted to retain some of the mystery of the late summer adventure we were planning. In other words, I was not interested in having all of the answers. At best, they would merely approx
"Life so far doesn't have any other name but breath and light, wind and rain." Mary Oliver