Day: November 27, 2012

One of my most terrifying encounters with the natural world was a snowshoeing trek in Colorado. I went alone into an avalanche warning area and hiked to 12,000 feet having told no one my plans to hike. At the trailhead there were fresh snowshoe tracks and I soon met two women and their dogs on their way down, and spoke with them for a moment before continuing the ascent. The women’s tracks stopped well before the summit. I walked past another avalanche warning sign and realized I had neither heavy… Continue reading Open To Advent