12.06.2024
A little perspective goes a long way. A lot to process during and after the Colorado Trail. I knew I wanted to do a formal summation blog outside of the journal entries but I really had to sit with with it. Also, it's just been a busy season. I didn't have time to decompress before we headed back to Switzerland to see everyone again. It was the first time in four years for me so my headspace was occupied with Swiss things for awhile. We've had a few dinners with friends and family since then and of course, the trail comes up and I haven't always known how to describe it because I was still wrestling with a few aspects of the overall takeaways and lessons. These things happen slowly for me. It was years after the PCT before I felt like I had any sort of grasp on what it meant, but these adventures are better captured in the moment. Exhausted, falling into a coma post-dinner, trying to hold my prone self up with my elbows to fill a few lines in a damp journal. That's ...