49.22 Northern California: What a week! An Introduction to the Shasta region (3 of 4) focusing upon Helen Lake on Mount Shasta.
It can't be possible to reach the top of that...Black Butte. Apparently, there is a way. Life is precious. After all, without it we have nothing, we are nothing—we don’t exist. However, with life, you’d expect to believe we have everything, just the opposite of non-existence. I don’t think that’s true. Rather, life is potential. With life, we have the potential to do, to build, to accomplish, to enjoy, to help and enrich others and ourselves…the list is endless. Perhaps the opposite of non-existence is potential rather than life itself. One more thing. Should life be mere existence—breathing, eating, sleeping—is it precious? However, the potential of life is truly precious. We have discovered (although we cannot say we live it) that it’s not what one has (life and things), it’s what one does with it (life). Castle Crags: Jen makes her own trail as she climbs the crags. Of crags and ledges, reminiscent of the Grand Tetons. and now, scenes from the Helen La...