A still pool next to a fast moving stream slowly making a new canyon through granite. With only a few small cracks feeding with pool it remains glassy smooth.... Until Alo decides he want to walk into it.
There on a sudden did my heart perceive that they who sang about the Eve, who answered the bright-shining stars with gleaming music of their strange guitars, these were His wandering happy sons encamped upon those aëry leas. -Tolkien I've been listening to likely too much tolkien of late, but there are few books that I'd prefer on weary month. Listening to them in camp as I lay in a hammock watching the stars. On less whimsical not I'll be back to the Sierra National Forest soon hopefully to scout some new climbs and of course for the views
We need to protect these spaces and make sure they are welcome to all. The outdoor and adventure spaces are friendly to primarily white men. We (white guys including me) need to be better. We need to support and step back and listen to people of color and women who are in this space. Frankly we need to shut up, get behind, and support them
