It all becomes clear

we left in the dark. A bit foggy minded, a bit amped, coffee drunk, car brakes ruined, wrong keys in tote. To be free. To laugh. To talk. to connect. though I didn't think of it that way until each step made it all so simple. Look,step, stand, look. step stand. We wandered through sunrise up up up. Visited with marmots, laughed at every intersection..and slowly stripped down to that feeling of fight or flight. We were on our way up Meeker Mt 13,900 some feet. Though I don't think the height or distance matters it is clearly the individual mountain. This one would have it all: creeks, lakes, boulders, scree, climbs that seem to catch our breath, and others that kept our feet planted. Wondering weather or not we were the ones who should join old Meeker on this particular day. It is then that all is clear. When you are stripped almost to the nude the true emotions, feelings, all lie on your shoulders. To me this is my meditation. This is when the voices, questions, stresses, cares fade. And it feels to right. All there is it the mountain, my body and a calm mind. Yes we made it. Yes we made it through the times we thought not, through the scrapping of legs, the sliding back and even the Knife ridge. and while we hiked it all made sense Clear.