Posts from — May 2008

Enjoy life the best you can.

Appreciate every moment of everyday.

And this is why:

The average person lives 78.5 years here in the U.S. which means you have about 28,652.5 days of life. And that is if you meet the average, we may not, so consider each sunrise as your last, each day as your final. Remember to appreciate the the life you have and the things you enjoy.

Get outside and experience those things you have wanted to for so long, no longer be a slave to the falsities of life.

CARPE DIEM.

Great video I saw a few years back at a mountain film fest.

Our Lager,

who art in barrels

hallowed by thy drink,

Thou will be drunk, I will be drunk,

At home as thou art in thy pub

Give us this day our foamy head,

And forgive our spillages

as we forgive those who spill against us.

Lead us not into incarceration,

but deliver us from hangovers,

for this is the beer, the bitter, and the lager forever

Ahhhh-men.

Imagine a world so removed from what you have grown to understand that you are left mouth gaping, eyes tearing and mind wandering lost in awe of what your eyes have told you is a reality. That is the impression you will get when hiking deep in to the dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Rarely are there times when time stands still as it is usually while your mind tries desperately to rationalize the next step as you are heading towards some devastating result from a misstep or miscalculation during your adventurous life.

Think slow motion as the front tire sticks as you endo over the bars of your mountain bike, heading rapidly towards the rocky singletrack, you some how can see every jagged edge on every rock, you hear the birds songs and smell the fresh air. All the while careening rapidly toward the inevitable…the collarbone shattering crash.

That is the same experience you will find after the laborious hike up to the top of High Dune, the highest point in the park but not the highest dune. (The highest dune is the nearby Star Dune, which is taller due to the slope of the valley below the sand). From the top of High Dune you can see the entire San Luis Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the beautiful sight as dunes meet Medano creek and transition to the grass lands on one side and the forest on the other. There is such great biodiversity of both in flora and fauna that no nature lover will leave disappointed. [Read more →]