Tag: Glacier

A physically special day on the calendar

A physically special day on the calendar.

We purposefully aimed for a relatively easy 5-mile round trip hike to Avalanche Lake. Our goal is simple. Gradually acclimate our stamina to higher altitude exertion.

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Three lessons Glacier taught me about physical health

View across Lake McDonald while standing at its shore in Apgar.

Three lessons Glacier taught me about physical health:

  1. The best way to exercise is to walk outside. 
  2. The quality of your nutrition and rest shows up the next day on the trail. 
  3. Exercise never feels like exercise when you hike Glacier trails.

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Keep that fire burning

June 09, 2019…2:30pm…already have rental car keys.

Keep that fire burning.

Before the modern world, fire kept most primitive people alive.

While we are no longer primitive, a roaring fire of motivation will keep our vision alive.

Is there anything more important than a will to make a contribution?

Start with yourself.

Become physically fit. Maintain and improve this over your lifetime – now there’s a vision of the future that’s not only better than now, but much better.

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It pays to be sneaky sometimes

Was impressed with the technology that provided a list of all alternative flight choices.

It pays to be sneaky sometimes.

Context: Our Delta flights to Glacier National Park got canceled 20 minutes before i ordered an Uber, delaying our departure by one day and providing an unexpected opportunity for me to squeeze in a gym workout.

Snuck in a normal two-hour workout yesterday (a Saturday) because i had been in Spain for five days, and, immediately did a “turnaround” to head to Montana.

Weather made an unchangeable change – we need to fly today, a day later than scheduled.

Awoke at 4am today, with no time to write before scheduling a Lyft. So i write this from 37k’ on the way to Minneapolis.

Son, life is as we make it. It will always be challenging. Learn to control the controllables (like our attitude and our personal processes) and surrender to what we can’t control (like the weather and a cancelled flight).

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Physical blank slate

Snow at Logan Pass
The road marker-poles include some fresh trees.

 

Snow at Logan Pass
The snow dropping from the road marker-poles startled me the first time snow fell from one.

 

Snow at Logan Pass
A similar image to this on Glacier’s Facebook page last September inspired me to return late September last year. Never thought i’d ever take a similar photo.

 

Snow at Logan Pass
Logan Pass Visitor’s Center. Never in a million years did i expect to personally witness this scene.

 

Snow at Logan Pass
The mashup of color is a gift to witness.

 

Snow at Logan Pass
Thank you, Universe, for the gift of eyesight.

 

What if…

We had…

(Every morning)…

A…

Physical blank slate?

Who says we don’t?

Go.

Your slate is clean.

Ps. You get to call this each morning you are gifted to awake to a new day. It ain’t rocket surgery.

Pss. Of course, there’s heredity, genetics, accidents, etc…from all that, we still have choices we control. One of the most obvious is our diet. Fruits and vegetables are inexpensive at their respective harvest times…eliminate sugar, alcohol, and heavily-processed snacks, meats, etc.

 

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