Tag: Glacier

Yes, let’s push ourselves

mountain
Mt Siyeh.

Shoes: i wear New Balance running shoes. Never lace them up. Often wear a second sock layer.

Wifi: Literally no wifi in GNP. Some Lodges have elementary access wifi.

Cell signal: ATT on West side. Verizon on East side. No cell in Park, unless you discover a few rare places where cell comes in.

Traffic: Traffic gets congested soon after sunrise. It clears by 4:00 PM at Logan Pass.

Ticketed entry: Ticketed Entry is in place due to Covid. Without a ticketed entry pass, you can get in before 6:00 AM or after 3:00 PM.

Confirmations on all of the above: Have digital access to every confirmation. And screen shots. You probably won’t have internet at the entrances.

Arrival Day: pre-send some stuff (if you want to carry less on plane) via USPS (Babb post office is best for East side…West Glacier is best for West side), timing, car, grocery, route, check-in, stops, dinner, sunset.

All days: Breakfast, cabin departure, trail selection, trailhead arrival, lunch, hike duration, daypack essentials, safety, hike breaks, hiking etiquette, hike duration, dinner options, sunset options, review next day agenda.

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Going to work at Glacier

mountains with a couple small Disney toy figurines in foreground
Easy to write from anywhere in Glacier. Even here.

There are a few people i’d love to see in Glacier that still have to balance an ability to work from anywhere. Meaning they aren’t yet retired.

That’s why wifi and cell signal realities need to be easily understood.

Glacier is a big place and the reality is your work routine needs to creatively pivot in a way you’ve never done before.

This pivoting every Summer, and the creative tweaks from continuous improvement allow for a workable system that still surprises me.

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Do like you dream

Mountains
Two bikers on the left waiting for a bear to leave the road ahead.

Dreams are important for forming your current and future actions.

All year i dream of biking GTTSR.

In theory, because i have Lodge reservations for the peak biking month, it should happen every year.

In reality, it’s happened twice since 2013.

It won’t happen this year either.

Dream like you hike.

Do like you pray.

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Group solitude?

Half dozen hikers deep in the wilderness
We were the only ones at this mountain pass. Five miles from the nearest mountain road. About 60 miles from anything close to resembling a normal road.

Can you enjoy solitude in a group?

Depends.

On what?

Where you are.

Huh?

If there are nine of you at 7,500’ elevation and literally no one else on the one-million acres surrounding your group, then yes.

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Excel

Pixar UP movie poster
Excellence feeds on excellence. It’s a habit. Same with the opposite.

Nearly seven weeks from the one-way ticket to the mountains.

In a perfectly-planned world, i’d be leaving in four days.

This Summer will be more of the same and more different.

How can it be both?

Better yet, how can it not?

Excel at all you do, including adventure.

It’s out there.

No regrets.

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