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I’ve always known Tyki had spirit and heart. That and his resilience were evident up to his last days. . Eight days before his last, we hiked up a mountain on a trail that snaked deep into a canyon. It was stark and breathtaking. Three days lat
Arbitrary rules are meant to be broken.
Just a simple moment in time. . One I want to box up for later. . The warm sun on my skin, the softness of his fur between my fingers, the smell of the desert, the fluttering of birds flying by, and the calmness of the moment. . There are many things
It was a hard day. And this was unexpectedly exactly what I needed, when I needed it. . I’m not religious. But my mom is a Buddhist, and I grew up visiting temples and monasteries on family vacations in China and Southeast Asia. . It was a coi
Someone recently jokingly asked me on this platform if I was a trail snob. Ever since, Jerud’s been making fun of me, “….oh is that because you’re a trail snob?” . While I try to avoid popular hikes, I know they’r
YES to riding shit that used to scare me and realizing it’s not as hard as I thought. . The first time I rode this trail (in 2020) I walked this feature along with a few others. When I came back at the end of 2021 I was pretty sure I could rid
When you’ve been doing something for so long, sometimes its significance gets lost. . Despite how much you’ve might dreamt about it happening or how hard you might’ve worked for it to come to fruition. . Sometimes you need a remind
My parents came to the States in their late twenties and early thirties. It was extremely hard to get a U.S. visa back in the early 80s. You had to have a sponsor in America to be able to come, someone to guarantee you at least had a place to stay af