Five days and 91 miles in the wilderness alone
This article has three sections: (1) hike recap, (2) summary of lessons learned, and (3) gear list.
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2022 Goals
This article lays out the nine things I want to accomplish and habits I want to build in 2022.
Over the past few years my annual goal-setting strategy has shifted from spazzing out over bucket list items and finish lines (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), to a much healthier, deeper, and more sustainable focus on behavioral goals (2019, 2020 and 2021).
In other words, it’s less about the endings, outcomes and payoffs, and more about the journey and the type of person you become in the process.
Continue reading 2022 Goals2021 Recap
My personal annual report for 2021 is broken down into the following sections:
1. Year in review
2. Goals results
3. Media diet (Principles, News, Podcasts, and Books I read in 2021)
4. Inspiration (Pick up the extra weight; Keep yourself mystified; Meaning contagion; New connections to mythology mobility; Hiking is not about the views; Only positive empty gestures allowed; and Creativity requires detailed planning)
Colorado Trail Segments 2-10
An eight-day, 160-mile through-hike into the wilderness alone
First step: go into the wilderness alone.
That was one of the notes I jotted down in 2019 when I read The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks. The message ties to the book’s fifth chapter, entitled “The Wilderness,” where Brooks writes:
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Mt. Langley
An epic 23-mile hike to a 14,042-foot summit in 17.5 hours
This is a recap of my recent hike to the summit of Mt. Langley in California’s beautiful Sierra Nevada mountain range. After summarizing the hike, I also lay out my gear, nutrition and lessons learned.
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