"Climb every mountain, ford every stream.."

I did it. On my third attempt I summited the tallest peak at the Great Sand Dunes. It’s a 750 foot high sand dune. It’s more intimidating if you think of it as a 75 story building.

I’d taken the first two peaks before. The second time I tried I made the mistake of not loading up on water and I got really sick when I got to the first peak. This time I had a three egg omelet with green chilies in Raton, NM and water before driving up. It’s so dry that when you first start to sweat it evaporates right away and leaves a weird tingling/stinging sensation all over your body.

The moment was rife with metaphors for my life.