Signed: yourself from Crawdad Canyon

"...close your eyes. Turn your palms up to the sky and prepare to receive. Take a deep breath--now listen. Don't listen to the things around you, but the things inside you. Go back to that place, that rock, the climbing, the stream. Listen to the ascension and the terrifying clicking sound the ascenders make. Listen to the stream, it's there--right inside your soul, waiting for remembrance. Now see; see the hand holds, the shooting stars, your friends...go back to the frolicking, embrace the hugs, see the rocks glowing and the flashlights shining. Feel someone you loves' hands on yours as you peer into each other's hearts, remember your talks with James, remember the smell of the fire, remember the memories."
- A letter to myself, written during solo time in Crawdad Canyon. I just read it for the first time since August.

I miss Elevation.