Leadville and The Colorado Trail House

This post was first published on The Trek, which you can find here. The streets of Leadville were lined with houses painted in pastels of every shade imaginable. They all seemed to be slightly variable versions of the same small A-frame with funky geometric trims bordering the shutters and porches. Walking along the sidewalk, I […]

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Colorado Trail: Panic! At The Grocery Store

This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. July 16th I found myself on the floor of the Safeway in Leadville, Colorado, with my back pressed against a grotesquely large selection of various shampoos and sunscreens. I wasn’t thinking about how ridiculous or concerned I might appear to bystanders or Safeway […]

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Colorado Trail: Absolution and Endurance

This post first appeared on The Trek, which you can read here. July 12th There is a state—a bodily, mental, and spiritual plane of existence—wherein absolution is achieved in endurance. Awareness tightens in a gyre of relentless focus. Begets a black hole, a pinprick through which all concerns must pass, reshaping themselves into essential forms: […]

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