Sometimes the awe and beauty of the mountains can stop you in your tracks, erase all from your mind that is not present in that moment, and focus you on the here-and-now in a way not readily achieved in our daily lives.
Like the long distance runner’s high, it’s a euphoric trance that centers you in the moment and in the world.
It’s the restorative power of wilderness and one reason so many work so hard to protect such experiences.
And it’s why our family spent five months (link is external) last year walking from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail.
Sometimes the awe and beauty of the mountains can stop you in your tracks, erase all from your mind that is not present in that moment, and focus you on the here-and-now in a way not readily achieved in our daily lives.
Like the runner’s high achieved by the long distance runner, it is a euphoric trance that centers you in the moment and in the world.