What You're Looking At There Is My

I Kind Of Entered A Flow State. I've Been There Before While Climbing. You Are Not Thinking Ahead. You Are Just Thinking About What Is In Front Of You Each Second.

I Certainly Made Mistakes.

I Was Accustomed To Being In Far, Far Riskier Environments. So I Thought Going Into That Canyon Was A Walk In The Park - There Were No Avalanches, It Was A Beautiful Day And I Was Essentially Just Walking.

Perhaps It’s Time, I Muse, To Close Those Chapters And Remember The Enduring Lesson Of My Entrapment: That Relationships, Not Accomplishments, Are What’s Important In Life.

A Crystalline Moment Shatters, And The World Is A Different Place. Where There Was Confinement, Now There Is Release. Recoiling From My Sudden Liberation, My Left Arm Flings Downcanyon, Opening My Shoulders To The South, And I Fall Back Against The Northern Wall Of The Canyon, My Mind Is Surfing On Euphoria. As I Stare At The Wall Where Not Twelve Hours Ago I Etched “rip Oct 75 Aron Apr 03,” A Voice Shouts In My Head: I Am Free!