First of all, that's an insane encounter with the wolf. You must have felt so alive afterwards!
And 100 times yes to this: "When I feed my kids, or watch them run at meets, or go to a protest with a friend, the world is still real." I'm too wimpy to be a climber, but I feel this way when I'm throwing pots on the wheel at our humble community art center. And cooking for my family and cheering at XC meets (and even going to local protests in our red, rural county) are some of my favorite things (cue Julie Andrews singing...)
Most fortunate experience! So healthy to be rewilded again and again. More please! Those experiences were always what I took away from climbing trips as well: mother and fledgling peregrine doing lessons on Bridger Jack, bighorn rams staring us down in Pine Creek Canyon, vultures contemplating my body jammed in a squeeze on Mt. Lemmon. But never a wolf… Wow. Almost able to forget what year it is and who’s the US president right now. Almost.
First of all, that's an insane encounter with the wolf. You must have felt so alive afterwards!
And 100 times yes to this: "When I feed my kids, or watch them run at meets, or go to a protest with a friend, the world is still real." I'm too wimpy to be a climber, but I feel this way when I'm throwing pots on the wheel at our humble community art center. And cooking for my family and cheering at XC meets (and even going to local protests in our red, rural county) are some of my favorite things (cue Julie Andrews singing...)
I had a friend who told me once that he threw pots because you can't be stressed while you do it... the pot won't turn out right.<3
Most fortunate experience! So healthy to be rewilded again and again. More please! Those experiences were always what I took away from climbing trips as well: mother and fledgling peregrine doing lessons on Bridger Jack, bighorn rams staring us down in Pine Creek Canyon, vultures contemplating my body jammed in a squeeze on Mt. Lemmon. But never a wolf… Wow. Almost able to forget what year it is and who’s the US president right now. Almost.
Almost!