The Good Kind of Grounded
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Good Kind of Grounded

Our feet are the way we touch the earth. Our feet, of all the parts of us, have spent the most time in contact with the ground. Our feet understand soil in a way the rest of us doesn’t. Our feet, which are soft at first but hardened by experience, are the primary way in which we level ourselves with our surroundings.

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Four Signs at Thukla Pass
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Four Signs at Thukla Pass

At Thukla Pass in Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal, treekers crest a hill strung with prayer flags. This is not unusual. Nor or the rock cairns or the stacked stone fences that wouldn't be out of place in the Irish countryside.

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The Unsummit
Beth Downing Beth Downing

The Unsummit

How quickly that gift of pushing on becomes a stone to carry.

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