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Big SEKI Loop – Trail Journal: Day 5

September 11, 2019 by Jon Lanman Leave a Comment

Through Palisades Lakes and Over Mather Pass

stream crossing

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Forgive me the cliche. But I slept like a baby last night. And today I wake up feeling elevated. Maybe it’s because I’m on a ridge looking into a valley, granite peaks to my left and right. Maybe it’s because we survived two days of thunderstorms, and I’m awake, dry and alive.

I look down to the valley to a patch of trees that surround the river. Steam and myst hover around the edges. Somewhere nestled in the trees are our fellow hikers, shaking dew from their shoes, and tents. Burrr…. I do not envy them.

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Big SEKI Loop – Trail Journal: Day 4

July 31, 2019 by Jon Lanman Leave a Comment

Nothing Left to Worry About

Middle Kings River
All is right in the world.

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

I am alive. For now, that’s all I need.

I awake refreshed to the sound of water. I inhale the smell of dew on sand, and my heart is put at ease. The sun is hitting our tarp, preparing to dry the tiny drops of moisture that have settled over night. I watch them roll from our shelter’s peak, and collect upon the bottom seam. Soon the moisture will evaporate, and return to the clouds that drenched us yesterday.

I wonder if it’s possible to be hit by the same exact molecules of water, two days in a row.

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