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First overnight – Highway 36 to Lassen National Park

May 15, 2014

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- I’ve come to learn, my most effective teacher

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I’ve come to learn,
my most effective teacher.
I need to hear your message again.
Everything else down there
will wait.

It’s me, your namesake:
“dweller by the high place
who draws strength
from connection to elevated landscapes.”
I believe my mother’s choice
to call me that
was divine communication,
not coincidence.

You’ve seen a billion sunsets,
and millions of winters.
Created by glowing lava
and tectonic wrath,
you’re invincible to everything I know.
A celestial crucible,
symbol of transformational ordeals.
An arrowhead of God,
with one side adversity,
and the other strength.

I’m merely a brief visitor
to your world of relative immortality;
a shooting star
in your permanent sky;
a drop of water
running off your back.
A tourist in heaven,
running your jagged edge.

Today I’ll imbibe my maximum tolerance of your power,
as your impact travels up through my legs;
as you harden my bones and resolve,
to be just a little more like you.
And I’ll return as often as I can
for more tempering,
in your ancient fire
and contemporaneous ice.

#MountainOde
#SisypheanBliss
#HighlandPerspective
#PresencePeak
#AltitudeAtman
#NaturesForge
#CelestialCrucible
#RunningRealization

- “The Hermit stands alone on the top of a mount

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“The Hermit stands alone on the top of a mountain. The snow-capped range symbolizes his spiritual mastery, growth, and accomplishment. He has chosen this path of self-discovery and, as a result, has reached a heightened state of awareness (...) As The Hermit walks his path, the lamp lights his way – but it only illuminates his next few steps rather than the full journey. He must step forward to see where to go next, knowing that not everything will be revealed at once. In his left hand, the side of the subconscious mind, The Hermit holds a long staff (a sign of his power and authority), which he uses to guide and balance him.”

-The Hermit (from www.biddytarot.com)

#staffspinning #tarot #thehermit #movement #flow #nature #wisdom #presence #solitude #training #purpose #masculinity #strength

- deeR Dyeri, TooDay wuz vuRy gud daY. furLess og

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deeR Dyeri,
TooDay wuz vuRy gud daY.
furLess ogRe leev meni meni Peenutz on rok.
i eet n eet.
m so ful n hApee.

#chipmunk #happiness #animals #inthemoment #nature #beherenow

#rain #mountains #storm #coolair

#rain #mountains #storm #coolair

#amazingtrees #trees #treefriends

#amazingtrees #trees #treefriends

Peak life bloom! If it could, this body would imb

Peak life bloom!
If it could,
this body would
imbibe a million summers
of your spectacular
eruption of color.

Mind-stopping mountains!
Through the veins
of my soul
flows your
healing elixir
of pure air
and rich earth.

Magnanimous Fire Star!
Infusing vitality
into every cell of me,
your generosity
creates and fuels
every piece of life
within light-years.

High on mile after mile
of altitude and inspiration,
this heart will always
be open to you,
as long as it beats.

In the forest inspiring friends tell me stories of

In the forest
inspiring friends
tell me stories
of purpose,
survival, and growth
despite obstacles...
owing to suffering
of wind pummeling,
flood sweeping,
snowpack burials
in winter’s dark,
core-hollowing lightning,
and parasites boring though
drought-wearied bark.

They endure this
to be a little closer
to the sun
on deep blue days,
while laughing off
a coat of fresh powder,
and to fast
on thin pristine air
below cold
star-filled skies.

A hundred years
can’t tire them
of breeze and sway,
sacred stillness,
noble patience
for rain,
wildlife’s symphony,
and solitude’s silent temple.

Housing grateful life,
mightily pushing roots
ever deeper,
to drink from
sparkling snowmelt,
holding the earth
together,
tilling boulders,
below fallen companions who
merge with soil,
and pass on life
to seedlings
who emerge into this
otherworldly realm
of adversity
and awe.

Oozing sap
from iron trunks,
lush needles
on gnarled branches,
scars on flexible pillars
of this green church,
express in
flawless tree song
the ten-thousand tree joys
and ten-thousand tree sorrows.

#nature #poetry #trees #forest #mountains #adaptation #growth #survival #healing #spirit #soul #god #transcendence

Ice tea and sunscreen with @hertahoelife

Ice tea and sunscreen with @hertahoelife

Was in the right place at the right time to see a

Was in the right place at the right time to see a lone storm cloud passing by a few miles away. It felt closer in person than it looks in video. This is about 70x speed.

#stormclouds #cloudscapes #mountains

When I was 5, it was yo-yo tricks. At 8, I shot f

When I was 5, it was yo-yo tricks.
At 8, I shot free throws after school in the driveway.
At 10, front flips on the trampoline.
Then rollerblading figure eights and playing street hockey against myself all weekend.
Junior high school was the hacky sack obsession.
In college it was karate forms.
In my late 20s I decided to become ambidextrous at tennis by hitting left-handed (forehands and backhands) against a wall for months, for a more symmetrical workout.
This past couple of months it was hundreds of thousands of wrist rolls with a 1.8-pound 70-inch closet pole.

Focus on movement is focus on the body.
Focus on the body is focus on the present.
Focus on the present is spending time with God.

#staffspinning #movement #meditation #presence #nature

“There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an

“There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties”
-John Muir

#mountains #nature #storm #clouds #therapy #health #spirit #peace #wellness #soul

I'm a simple man. I see cold water...I plunge. #c

I'm a simple man. I see cold water...I plunge.

#coldExposure #ColdPlunge #ColdTherapy #Coldwater #Discipline #Health #Healing #hormesis #IceBath #Immunity #Mindfulness #Nature #NatureTherapy #StressRelief #Wellness #WimHof #WimHofMethod

Maximum LPM (life per minute). Feel so blessed to

Maximum LPM (life per minute). Feel so blessed to be able to do this.

#ColdDip #ColdExposure #ColdPlunge #ColdTherapy #Coldwater #Discipline #DistressTolerance #EmotionalRegulation #Health #Healing #IceBath #IceBathing #IceTherapy #Mindfulness #MindOverMatter #Nature #NatureTherapy #PersonalGrowth #SelfDiscovery #StressRelief #Wellness #WimHof #WimHofMethod

I went snowshoeing twice, one week apart. On the s

I went snowshoeing twice, one week apart. On the second outing I saw my prints from the previous week raised off the ground. I guess I packed the snow down and then the wind blew off the powder around them.

#snowshoe #snowart #naturemagic #winterwitchcraft #divinedesigns #snowsorcery

5 months in. The bottleneck to getting better seem

5 months in. The bottleneck to getting better seems to be recovery time. Getting faster requires fresh arms when the staff feels light. After a while, it feels heavy and slow and there are diminishing returns, and it takes a couple days for it to feel light and fast again.

Music: Arjuna by Liquid Soul/Zyce/Solar Kid

#staffspinning #flow #movement #mindfulmovement

#snowshoe #adventure #nature #mountains #meditatio

#snowshoe #adventure #nature #mountains #meditation #mindfulness #endurance #elevate

*** Steady climb and breath To otherworldly nature

***
Steady climb and breath
To otherworldly nature
Purifies my soul
***

#nature #spirit #health

Doing ~105 RPMs pretty comfortably now Music: Lim

Doing ~105 RPMs pretty comfortably now

Music: Limitless by Liquid Soul

#staffspinning #movement #exercise #flow

Storm clouds come and go Sometimes they’re all w

Storm clouds come and go
Sometimes they’re all we can see
Faith knows the blue sky

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