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Happy International Mountain Day

I think that this will be a day that I truly celebrate each year. I have always loved mountains. For me, oceans and cities have nothing on the mountains and I have been truly blessed to be living smack-dab in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the last almost 7 months. I have mentioned several times on here that the most spiritual I ever feel is when I’m spending time in mountains. I wrote a post about the Blue Ridge Parkway and how when I’m looking down at mountains, or standing on the top of a mountain, that I’m always reminded of a line in the Bon Iver song Holocene:

“And at once I knew I was not magnificent.”

Being in the mountains is such a humbling experience for me, and I want to never ever forget the feeling I get looking out across peaks and remembering how small I am, and how great, big and beautiful this world is.

Celebrating International Mountain Day today

Today, I spent the cold, bitter morning sitting at a hotel that overlooks my precious mountains, and I was almost moved to tears being, filled with love for all the amazing experiences these mountains (and others) have given me. So, I thought I would share some of my favorite mountain moments.

Alaska Range – Denali National Park

The Andes – Peru

The Andes – Peru

Moraine Lake – Canada

Canadian Rockies – Banff National Park

Devil’s Courthouse – North Carolina 

Frying Pan Fire Tower – North Carolina

La Sal Mountains – Moab, Utah

Mt. McKinley – Alaska

Muncho Lake, Canada

Olympic National Park – Washington

Grande Cache, Canada

Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming

Vermont near Montpelier

“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.”

-Aldous Huxley-

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