tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post2663718888894636488..comments2024-02-08T03:19:48.451-07:00Comments on Box Canyon Blog.com: Chasing The Muse On Bear Creek TrailBox Canyon Blog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-65678159309911345632018-06-28T08:43:53.371-06:002018-06-28T08:43:53.371-06:00Here's that link! https://www.outsideonline.c...Here's that link! https://www.outsideonline.com/2321616/running-highest-peak-east-97<br /><br />Yes, adapt or die, perhaps just spiritually die but it's the same in my mind.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-82911890095320016742018-06-28T08:14:32.637-06:002018-06-28T08:14:32.637-06:00Adapt or die. It is, after all, how we got here......Adapt or die. It is, after all, how we got here...<br />The link didn't show...if you read this pls. try again. I'm interested!!!<br />thanks,<br />markBox Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-79043710960316918112018-06-28T06:41:11.738-06:002018-06-28T06:41:11.738-06:00I share your life view. Nothing makes me feel as v...I share your life view. Nothing makes me feel as vividly alive as riding my bike with complete concentration and full commitment over a trail that challenges me and takes me through gorgeous land, devoid of other humans.<br /><br />I am, in a sense, already on Act 2. I have had a lot of spinal surgeries. By far the biggest was a multi-level fusion in my lower back. I went telemark skiing the day before my surgery and somehow I knew that it was my last day of doing something that I loved. My husband saw my sadness and said "don't worry, you'll be back". I never was... It was a similar story with running and even long hikes. So, I couldn't do today what I did yesterday. But I adapted. Now my bike is my passion, and it takes me to those places that my soul needs to feel happy. That experience taught me that I am adaptable and I'll likely be able to handle the next big changes.<br /><br />I just saw a short video about a 97 yr old who runs up Mt. Washington every year. It's inspiring. I know that he's not as fast or graceful as he once was but he's still doing what he loves. Here's the link.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-35623586251467760852018-06-27T20:59:25.572-06:002018-06-27T20:59:25.572-06:00Yes...all outdoor activities count, and so does ce...Yes...all outdoor activities count, and so does celebrating with a medicinal brew afterwards :). Love your sunset house...Box Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-59323707835053314562018-06-27T20:05:14.056-06:002018-06-27T20:05:14.056-06:00Well, maybe not a hike this time, but does launchi...Well, maybe not a hike this time, but does launching a kayak on a new lake count at least a little bit? We still have to get them off the roof of the car, and get ourselves into and out of the water without dumping, and paddle against the wind into hidden coves, and get the boats back on the top of the car, and it is glorious life. For a couple of geezers at 78 and 72 I'll settle for walks and kayaks, and maybe let go of the need to even think I might to what you are doing. then again.... but NOT every day!Sue Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332448503740101970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-62096220729639976802018-06-27T13:45:11.197-06:002018-06-27T13:45:11.197-06:00Love the close up pictures of the different colors...Love the close up pictures of the different colors in the rocks. My sister and I are hoping to hike to the top of one of the Spanish peaks near La Veta this July. Some of us have to start out small and easy. :)Avanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-50405192639886561052018-06-27T11:55:40.727-06:002018-06-27T11:55:40.727-06:00I'll take quality over quantity too...but the ...I'll take quality over quantity too...but the line out of all of this that made me stop and reread was, I believe, yours: "Just more yesterdays piled onto tomorrows." That's an excellent use of words to create an image.<br /><br />And I enjoyed your hike too.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-87774539488175955792018-06-27T11:55:02.285-06:002018-06-27T11:55:02.285-06:00Great post. That Jack London quote, the sensation ...Great post. That Jack London quote, the sensation he describes, is to me what it means to be alive. The mechanisms of achieving that state can and will shift, but I understand that I will always need it in my life. <br /><br />Back when my health was on a continuous downswing in 2016-2017, I gave a lot of thought to infirmity, and how I might cope if the years draw out long after my physical health has faded. I don't carry the optimism that anything can be tomorrow as it is today. Some regard me as reckless, but I view myself as an opportunist. No matter how careful or cautious some might think they're being, fate still falls on everyone in unexpected ways. I suppose this is the message though — live for today, and when tomorrow comes, live for that day. Every day is a gift. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-43459958158693375382018-06-26T19:57:50.285-06:002018-06-26T19:57:50.285-06:00Well your pictures make it look very doable anyway...Well your pictures make it look very doable anyway unlike everything we have always heard about it.<br />You have nailed the secret to success for a well lived life and you are doing it everyday: giving up is not an option as long as the old heart is still ticking. <br />I just wish you would eat a bigger breakfast than 3 cups of coffee when you start out.. :)<br />Stay Thirst my Friends.Doug Ericssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140868404330468658noreply@blogger.com