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Comtemplating Mt. Princeton, Colorado

Took this about a week ago outside of Buena Vista, CO. Was up a place called Trail West a Younglife family camp in the mountains. We volunteered our time to build and do whatever they need for the week. I got lucky and got placed in the Aspen grove doing construction building a froniter town (or tableau). Complete with church, mercantile, barn, and jail. Had an amazingly incredible week there. Anyway snapped this photo one very early morning outside our cabin. The girl in the picture is spending some quiet time alone in the morning. To your right is Mt. Princeton and the mountains in the distance a mountain named after some overpriced private university for whatever reason. Luckily this was my view every morning.

This photo reminded me of a story a girl I meet at Trail West told me. Her and I got to talking one day about the mountains and outdoor stuff. I mentioned I liked backpacking a lot and found it a great way to either get to know yourself, get to the know the outdoors, or both. She started to tell me story about a guy she knows about who for 1 month will take you into the wilderness with nothing but a knife, piece of flint, and and the clothes on your back. You had to survive for a month on your own. She went on to tell me that guy that taught the skills needed to survive an expedition into the wilderness had been trained by an Indian who taught him how to move through the forest like the wind. The way she described it was that you could be so attuned to the forest that you know exactly where to step so that the forest muffled your footsteps enough that you never made a sound as you walked through the trees. You would understand which way the wind currents moved so that you could walk with it undetected. You would also understand how to hide yourself so well no one could see you. She said he could sneak right up behind you and you wouldn't even know it. I wished I remembered the guys name, but he only offered the month long trek for about $500 I think and only took on a few at a time. Pretty inexpensive for a month long ordeal but being that you got everything you needed from the forest I can understand why its so cheap. Thought it was a cool story and definately got you thinking if you could spend a month in the wilderness with a knife, a piece of flint, and live to tell about it.