The Season of Decline

Incline and decline, both have their own beauty

I’ve been writing of inclines - climbs up mountains - and the difficulty of breathing at high altitude. Today I’ll write about the other side of the incline, the decline. I hiked a short solo hike to a lake at 10,000 feet. I wanted to find my rhythm, a pace enjoyable to me. On the uphill I stopped frequently, identified plants, listened and recorded bir…