1-17-2010

            Rest day today. We pretty much stayed in the tent except for bathroom breaks. This kind of activity makes plenty of time for thinking. Of course, a lot of thinking is about the summit. The last peak of my goal. Then what? What does my future hold? No more big trips planned, what will I do? Will we summit? All I can think about now is what my experiences have brought me, and how I can use them to bring it full circle, and influence youth and teens to get out and share the outdoors. All the things I have learned, what I have shared with people, and the friends I have made, its all because of a passion for the outdoors. Its also not only about what I learned about the world, but also about home; what my home means to me, and what others homes mean to them. My eyes have defiantly been opened at 17.