the trip to colorado changed my life. not in a “i saw my homelands and everything smelled good and how fucking pleasant and joyful it all was, hooray!” way.

but in a wow, “I really can do what I never thought I could do and have never given myself credit for having the strength to do” sort of way.

in the “immersion” way.

woman. mountain. climbed.

(p.s. i didn’t take that picture but i have about 20 pictures that look just like that on my camera that i can’t figure out how to get off the camera and on to my computer!)