Category: Glacier National Park

Care or don’t care seems obvious

Baker with bowl of flour
Jay attended Oviedo High School and is a first-year baker at Sperry. He invited me “Backstage” to see his bread batter. 
Mountain Chalet kitchen manager and cook extraordinaire
Logan in focus. His spatula serves as his light saber.

A body without care is incompetence. 

A body with care is competence.

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Daily is good advice

Disney customer service speaker jeff noel on mountain hike
Team USA gear from 2009. Comes in handy in Glacier, 12 years later.

Perhaps the greatest self-reflection opportunity is how to honor the temple housing everything keeping you alive. 

Traversing diverse landscapes makes a compelling case for a physically vibrant temple.

The decade between 30 and 40 years old – i was on a potential collision course for a heart attack, or worse. 

Be outside. Daily. 

Move. Daily.

Rest well. Daily. 

Etc. 

Etc.

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Are there beneficial addictions?

Mountains
Prelude. The first glimpse from Comeau Pass.
  • Prematurely, initially thought this was Sperry Glacier. Not even close. This is just a permanent icefield.
  • The first of about five large cairn. You can only see the next one and when you get there, you see the next one, etc.
  • Context from atop Comeau Pass.
  • Former Sperry staffer, who happened to be spending the night, shared this from his camera roll. It is the map given to him when he worked here – Gunsight Mountain map. There is no trail. The red are my notes.
  • Summiting Little Matterhorn is a future opportunity.
  • Time stamping 2021 with WDW’s 50th pin.
Sperry Glacier hike, September 6, 2021.

Are there beneficial addictions?

Like what?

Like regular activity, balanced nutrition, and adequate rest. Like motivation to be an example not a warning.

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Do what you get to do

Hiking Trail sign and two small Disney toys from Pixar Soul
This two night excursion is to prepare for the upcoming three night trip with Cheryl.
  • Some geographical context.
  • Nature’s playground. Lots of incredible choices.
  • Linen tablecloths. Wow!
  • Lunch cooked for you.
  • The more the merrier?
  • Not all rooms have a balcony. Feeling lucky and blessed.
  • Newly rebuilt dorm hotel, 2020. A 2017 fire destroyed it.
  • Simple. Functional. Elegant.
  • The Pixar character i take everywhere is named 22.
  • No heat. No electricity. No wifi. Yet this beats a tent every time.
  • How much can you live without?
  • Stairs to ground floor.
  • Example of a four-sleeper.
Arrival at Sperry Chalet September 5, 2021.

One small (child size) day pack. Did “gym” workout last evening at West Glacier RV Park. Better Wi-Fi there than my Motel room 400 meters away. Took two hours to upload 350 photos and videos from 30 hours at Granite Park Chalet. A parked rental car next to the RV Park front office becomes “upload central”. RV Park becomes the “gym”. Use what’s around you.

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In case you missed the physical BFO

Apple Watch fitness tracker image
Still getting my sea-level lungs and legs acclimated. Have done this exact hike in 85 minutes. At 114 minutes (pictured here), that’s a 29-minute gap.
Two trips in a row this Summer where i arrived the same morning the supply train arrives. Cool.

Congratulations for making your vibrant physical health a non-negotiable. 

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