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Another sleepy day! Had to get horizontal in the early afternoon. Have to go with the flow--do what my body wants. Felt good after resting/sleeping.

Was cool this morning. Had to bundle up to do my morning rituals. Had hot oatmeal instead of a smoothie. Was too cool to do a smoothie earlier today. Had it later after walking, etc.

The Miracle in the Andes book continues to reverb in my thoughts. So many insights produced by that situation and many questions raised in the process.

Started reading a collection of SciFi/Fantasy short stories by Kevin Anderson. He's an incredibly prolific author with over 100 novels to his credit (over 30 best sellers). Coincidentally, he's an avid mountain climber. In the collection, he has two essays dealing with climbing. Those essays dovetailed the description of the trek made by the author of Miracle. More Miracle reverb!

Anderson has climbed all 50 of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado. He did it on the class 3/4 routes, but it's still quite an accomplishment. In Miracle, the survivors were stranded at 12,000 feet on a glacier. The route they took out put them up to 17,000 feet! What a feat given that they had no equipment, protection or adequate supplies. Climb on!