For the first time in 50 years, i’m seeing and hearing about mountain lion sightings inside Glacier.
Every Continent has an apex predator. Some have more than one.
Grizzlies can kill humans.
So can Mountain Lions.
One is not predatory. One is.
For now, it feels like my finger is on the ‘predator’s pulse’. Meaning, last year there was a mention or two of Mountain Lions in GNP. Before that, nothing. Now this Summer there have been a couple already. It’s only a matter of time before there’s an uncomfortable encounter.
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We’ve reached the saddle between Piegan and Pollock (seen behind us).
View from the saddle. Took us two hours…all up hill.
270′ away from the top.
6-second video: Steve makes it look easy. Once you do it, it is. But there’s a fear factor the first time. This step puts you at the base of The Great Cleft.
The Great Cleft. So much fun. So challenging. i asked if i could go first, to simulate doing it solo (in the future).
At the top of The Great Cleft. Still 200′ vertical away from summit.
Keep moving forward.
Walt Disney
Pursuing physical vibrancy is a good and decent life goal.
No one would ever shun it if it was easy.
And it’s because it’s not easy that those who reach it, sustain it, and improve it are invisibly shunned by others.
No one likes to be wrong.
When none of your family, friends, or coworkers have physical vibrancy, you have no obvious conflict with others and therefore no guilt.
No guilt?
What guilt?
The guilt in knowing you haven’t embraced physical vibrancy because it’s hard and requires serious sacrifice.
The guilt in knowing that your friend has figured out how to slay the demons everyone says are un-slayable.
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