The Timberline Trail was a four day adventure that freed me from my default tendencies to over think. Not by silencing those thoughts, but by letting them come up to the surface then evaporate.
When your mind is empty, there is room to absorb and sync alongside the sounds and rhythms of nature. While I didn’t have headphones in, songs bubbled to surface and played in my mind on repeat. These lyrics helped me get over aching feet and tired knees. Forever etched in my mind, these songs will eternally be associated with my experience backpacking around Mt. Hood.