One Step at a Time

I said out loud, but to no one in particular “wait, I can’t see the way to go…” I couldn’t. The path I had been following seemingly disappeared right in front of my eyes. 

I zoomed out, momentarily overwhelmed and saw forest, endless forest. I zoomed in and saw a rock to my left that seemed sturdy. I scrabbled up it using my hands and feet. Meanwhile Rob went for the rock on the right, and he said “it’s just a bit of a scramble this section.” He wasn’t wrong. 

It was one step at a time, all way 1800m up, over about 3 hours. Plenty of false summits, some snow, but some absolutely beautifully stunning scenery. All of which I saw by looking up, from the time I spent looking down. 

Zooming out to see the big picture, zooming in to focus on the journey.