“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle This hike began with a very solid dose of stoicism for me. As the summer moves through the Tetons, I still have several very long hikes to complete, and I am motivated to get into the high country. With that in mind, I planned to do […]
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“The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.” Seneca Hermitage Point is a great Teton classic that leaves from the Colter Bay area of Jackson Lake. It’s a bit long, but flat, and offers outstanding views of the Teton Range across Jackson Lake. It’s a nice
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“If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.” Marcus Aurelius I was incredibly lucky to talk my son and his friend Connor into doing the first higher-elevation hike of the season with me. It honestly didn’t take too much convincing, and once I got the answer I wanted last week, I stopped talking about it.
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“Misfortune is virtue’s opportunity.” Seneca I was pretty spent after the Marion Lake hike on Saturday, but I had the gift of Monday off, and wanted to capitalize on the light surgical schedule. I knew I had to do something fairly lightweight, and decided to revisit a trail I had tried to do a few
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“Well-being is realized by small steps.” Zeno After the hike to Marion Lake I was questioning my ability to pull of the longer hikes that I have coming up the rest of the summer. That hike was 15 miles and completely wore me out, so I was a bit concerned about the looming 20+ milers.
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“No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.” Seneca The weather this past week in the Tetons continued to be abnormally wet for this time of year, and heavy rain dominated the forecast. The Paintbrush-Cascade Loop is an absolute Teton classic and quite possibly
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“When you’re alone you should call this condition tranquility and freedom, and think of yourself like the gods; and when you are with many, you shouldn’t call it a crowd, or trouble, or uneasiness, but festival and company, and contentedly accept it.” Epictetus The Valley trail traverses the lower section of the Park from Teton
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“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” Epictetus I’ve had this hike on my list for quite some time. I was going to do it earlier in the season, but was concerned about the snow, so put it off until later in the summer. This
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“The Fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them.” Cleanthes I have never heard of Arizona Creek before, and neither has anyone else that I’ve told about this hike. This trail is located between Colter Bay and Lizard Creek in the northern reaches of the Park. I get the
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“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” Marcus Aurelius Blacktail Butte is a small mountain north of Jackson in the southern part of Grand Teton National Park. I’ve never really considered that it was in the Park, but it
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