Notes from the Mountain - Issue No. 4

👉 This one didn’t go as planned... - Some details may be slightly exaggerated…

Summit of Mt. Princeton (14,196')— July 2015

This climb is also known as:

The one where Merle lost the trail…
The one where he led Joi (my BFF) and I straight down through a loose boulder field…
The one where we slipped, slid, and very nearly didn’t make it down in one piece…

And the one where we eventually fell, landed in cactus, were shaken, scratched up, and at least one of us sitting there crying for a minute picking needles out of her hand before we could even laugh about it.

And when we finally caught up with him, he was leaned up against a rock, completely relaxed, smoking a cigar.

Some details may be slightly exaggerated…(except for the cigar part 😄)

The funny thing is — if you ask each of us about that day, you’ll get a completely different story.

Same climb.
Same mountain.

Completely different experience.

And I think that’s part of why certain scents stick with people. Not because they’re “the best”, but because they remind you of something specific.

A place.
A moment.
A version of something you remember differently than anyone else.

What one person reaches for every day…another person might never pick up. And that’s exactly how it should be.

And sometimes, it just depends on the season you’re in.

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Most of the time, it’s not about finding something better.

Just something that fits where you are right now.

From the Trail:

A short reflection inspired by the outdoors.

“The same place can mean something different depending on when you return to it.”

More soon,

Dianne

Bring the outside in.