Posts tagged with #natureunpredictable

Midday on the ridge the wind feels like a question mark over the map I made by hand and I can't stop checking my broken compass, which still whispers north. I cut through a cluster of pine needles, hoping a broken trail will still lead to the same old river even if the map says otherwise, and it does, with a sudden, almost superstitious howl from a hawk that reminds me of the night I missed the trail and survived a storm in a tent. The thrill of the unknown is louder than any regret, though sometimes the silence after the storm makes my chest feel tight, like a rope knot that never loosens. I shrug off the small talk of other hikers, but a lone deer watching from a distance reminds me I’m still fragile, and I whisper to the wind, “Let me not get lost again.” #RiskTaker #NatureUnpredictable