MEMOIRS OF GRAND CANYONEERING
December 08, 2020
Group intends to RAPPEL!
Some might notice this insistent statement when in receipt of this right of passage into the gates of this sacred landscape.
I am humbled to live near a place where
inverse stone walls made of our own worlds
history protect and contain its unyielding enchantment to allow the fierce from within, to run free....
as most of world watches from above.
Rappel on....
Some places are so remote that they are not announced.
What is in a name or in a title
given to a destination?
This is a question only you can answer.
A question that actually has no meaning except for the meaning we give it.
Our own insatiable desire to seek more and consume might be checked by a lack of a name for a destination, or would it?
This exclusivity could make it even more desirable.
Within our own biological needs, ego satisfaction, and life conditions we seek experiences and tap our curiosity.
Our own pursuit to seek experiences whether it is of our own or within a partner or collective to share we, we still seek to experience.
Our curiosity drives exploration and some enough times, may even feel like our home.
Indeed I find the world outside my home and my relationship with the outdoors is ever evolving.
Enduring by nature and fortified by desire to understand it, to hold it, to respect and cherish it.
Yet it can’t ever truly be realized on any of those attributes.
It can’t truly be understood, held, or even respected to expectations that we as humans even appear to outline.
Yet our fierce world
that we reside with, holds a formidable nature of reference experience.
Billions of years of experience.
This experience will prove it’s anchor is in place and we are the ones that are merely passing by.
As we travel through backcountry trails
And descend down canyons
Our presence is known
And documented to the effect of even a foot print or a ungrafully rooted shore imprint of a slide
These marks are repaired through time
And our planets durability prevails
To even visit such places is an honor
Some may even call it luck
Other consider it a privilege.
All of which are valid in their own right
Whatever our perspective is occulated to and whatever our valid perspective verifys our position
We are still passing by in the Devine presence to this moment.
Allow yourself to color your surroundings with amazement and wonder.
Allow yourself to accept the challenges ahead of this adventure.
Allow yourself to breathe the life bearing surroundings of vitality.
Be inspire to question what’s further
And be curious within your own fierce presence.
Your relationship with yourself, with who and even what you find important, and with the world around you is up to you and this is a journey you are privileged to write about.
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