I Certainly Made Mistakes.

We Are Not Grand Because We Are At The Top Of The Food Chain Or Because We Can Alter Our Environment - The Environment Will Outlast Us With Its Unfathomable Forces And Unyielding Powers. But Rather Than Be Bound And Defeated By Our Insignificance, We Are Bold Because We Exercise Our Will Anyway, Despite The Ephemeral And Delicate Presence We Have In This Desert, On This Planet, In This Universe.

I Was Accustomed To Being In Far, Far Riskier Environments. So I Thought Going Into That Canyon Was A Walk In The Park - There Were No Avalanches, It Was A Beautiful Day And I Was Essentially Just Walking.

A Crystalline Moment Shatters, And The World Is A Different Place. Where There Was Confinement, Now There Is Release. Recoiling From My Sudden Liberation, My Left Arm Flings Downcanyon, Opening My Shoulders To The South, And I Fall Back Against The Northern Wall Of The Canyon, My Mind Is Surfing On Euphoria. As I Stare At The Wall Where Not Twelve Hours Ago I Etched “rip Oct 75 Aron Apr 03,” A Voice Shouts In My Head: I Am Free!

When We Find Inspiration, We Need To Take Action For Ourselves And For Our Communities. Even If It Means Making A Hard Choice, Or Cutting Out Something And Leaving It In Your Past.

It's Me. I Chose This. I Chose All Of This — This Rock Has Been Waiting For Me My Entire Life. I’ve Been Moving Towards It My Whole Life.