Saturday, December 9, 2017

Variety in the High Sierras

The key to having a great time in any setting is adding variety to the experience.  When you're at Disneyland....don't just ride the rides....eat and see a live show.  When you're at a party...don't just talk to the same person all night....find the loneliest person and strike up a conversation.  Variety.  It makes any experience better. 


The same is true in the mountains.  The best experiences in the mountains are the ones that have lots of variety.  On one occasion with my friend Jay, we backed off a climb because we got scared.  There's never shame in that....backing off adds variety to an experience!    


We found another climb that made more sense for us on the day -- a beautiful slab with a beautiful view of a lake from the summit. Variety. 




Back at camp....more variety:  Food & Fire & Friends.  My three essential "F's".  




There's actually another "F" that is deeply important to me.
Faith.
Alpine sunsets always bring me to faith.


Variety:  Food, Fire, Family, Faith.


....oh wait...there's another "F" I forgot!  Fun! Swimming in a cold alpine lake is fun!!
....so.much.variety.


We also found a climb that we knew our kids would have loads of fun on.  It was easy and wonderful!  They loved every second! 





...they also loved hiking around on a beautiful granite slab.  Fun! 







....oh wait.  More variety.  We forgot another essential "F".  Family. 

Food Fire Friends Faith Fun Family

Variety

These are good days

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