I'm Baack
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I'm Baack
My last post was in August 2011. It was telling about my experience of having a heart attack just below the south ridge of La Plata Peak. Well, almost 3 years later, I made it to the summit. My brother and I summited La Plata July 4th for my first summit since. You can't imagine the euphoria I left when I summited. While I am not all the way back (it took me 10 hours up and back), I am on my way. Hopefully, there will be several more this season. Oh, I am the one in red.
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My Philosophy on Life: If you wake up alive and well ... Shut the heck up.
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Welcome back & congrats! La Plata is a special summit. Here's to good health and many more summits to come!
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Awesome summit!
"I don't think about the past, and the future is a mystery. Only the present matters."
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Congratulations on your triumphant return, Jay! May you enjoy many more summits in the days ahead.
"Live as on a mountain." -- Marcus Aurelius
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Great stuff. Glad you're feeling better. 

Red, Rugged, and Rotten: The Elk Range - Borneman & Lampert
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Awesome. Glad you're back and enjoying your passion!
I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2
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Congratulations! So happy for you
"I sang out from a mountain top, out to the valley down below
Because my cup doth overflow
With the beauty of the days gone by." - Van Morrison
Because my cup doth overflow
With the beauty of the days gone by." - Van Morrison
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You're a warrior, that's for sure!! Welcome back to the mountains!
Live as if you were to die tomorrow-learn as if you were to live forever-----Mahatma Gandhi
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That must have been a great feeling ! Congrats and welcome back. Wishing you many, many more summits. 

"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away."
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Welcome back and best wishes for many more peaks to feed the soul!