My touch typing is almost flowless. flawyless. flawless , from the masses of last assignments due.
And then that will be it. Life. Shit.
No no, I'm actually super excitied about getting out there, and starting this crazy new life of mine, which brings me to the goal for the next 3 years. Initially I was going to plan and train for the first solo traverse of the Continnental Divide Trail in winter. I was going to hike , climb and snowshoe along an interesting and commiting 1200 miles of the American Rocky Mountains. Now don't get me wrong, that would have been a seriously fun trip. Dangerous. But fun. It also dawned on me that this trip would have been something else:
Arrogant.
The primary reason for the trip was to push my self as close to the edge as I could go. What. No you idiot. The primary reason for the trip was to raise money and awareness for the organization that inadvertently changed my life and continues to change the lives of hundreds of young adults living with cancer. In my whirlwind of planning a route and equipment and drop points and training and was I going to be the first one. I completely flew past THE REASON. So lets start that again.
With the New Plan.
In 3 years time a group of my friends and I will embark on a truly epic adventure. The plan is to Ski, hike and climb 2000 miles of the Rocky Mountains from Fireside, Alberta to Twin Lakes, Colorado. The time frame is still the same with the hope being that I will arrive at the bottom of Mount Elbert around about 60 days after setting off. The main difference this about the New Plan is the company. I intend to split the trip up into 10 or so legs. On each of these stretches a different person will accompany me. Between each of the legs I will spend a night at a town resting up and resupplying, not at a hotel, but with a family in the settlement. This I feel will be the greatest part of my trip. Staying for just a night with people of the mountain villages and cities and swapping adventure stories and spreading the word about how awesome First Descents is. This will be preplanned. I'm not going to knock on doors until I'm let in. That would be much more dangerous than all the avalanches mother nature could conjure.
So thats it. Thats the New Plan. Which is where you come in. Yes. YOU. If your my friend, and you fancy an epic adventure, let me know. I'd love to have you along.
Stay posted here on my blog for my training diaries , equipment reviews and photos of some seriously epic places and people .
Much love and Happy Adventuring.
Smile and Listen . Listen and Smile . Either way =]
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