I was bored this afternoon, so I read the entire Internet.

tomorrow morning I set out on a personal misogi.

3 days, 4 mountain lakes, ~30 miles of hiking at high altitude. bringing 1 rucksack and 1 dog.

the fun and challenge of the misogi is it needs to be a particularly difficult physical/mental/spiritual challenge that you are not well prepared for and you will very possibly fail.

I assign a 50% probability of making it to all the lakes and completing the loop. While generally in shape & hiking 3-5 miles regularly with no bagweight, I haven’t had to find water sources or set up camp and carry a bag solo for this distance before.

while deep in bear & mountain lion country, and near freezing in the evenings, with unpredictable weather up there, it’s sure to be uncomfortable. I’m reading parts of the trail are snowed out and I’m excited to have improvise solutions and problem solve to get me and the pup safely through the weekend.

Anyway, love you guys, excited to share some photos from this adventure later. unplug 🤙

Cute. But I raise you my home made, slow cooked Osso Bucco & Parmesan infused mashed potato.