- Snow is a motivating element on a hike, but two-faced, as it creates nervous survival tension underneath the soft beauty. You encourage yourself to keep moving to preserve your body heat.
- Eating almost frozen power bars while continuously hiking will not aid digestion.
- It is possible to hike for consecutive days with soaking wet footwear. TIP: put dry socked feet into plastic bags into wet shoes on day 2- and then hope continuously for sun!
- The bonus of snow and rain in the desert is plentiful water supply!
- The Arizona weather watch is accurate. Weather is always real and all encompassing on the trail. IT DOMINATES.
- Physical body stresses that surface may be ongoing on a long hike but having a kinesiologist resource person can dissolve the mental stress that accompanies them. THANKS JY!!
- Chanting (especially the ones I create) and thankful thoughts help me to settle into a rhythm and keep calmly focussed at times (like when I was limping to the highway to get a physio consultation about the consistent aggravated tightness near my Achilles tendon)
Zip and Jobie Go Hiking 