effective oxygen

There’s a Lumineers song that’s become my anthem. The first verse goes like this:

I leave the house at 7:30am and drive to the Looney Bean, where I order a breakfast burrito, a large coffee, and a raspberry oatmeal…

I arrive at the Pine Creek trailhead at 8:30am.

…and now I’m not breaking the train’s just shaking and I’ve never made it here before …it’s a long life full of long nights and it’s not…

You learn all kinds of things about someone in the backcountry.