Fav Memory #1

Favorite Memory

it's thirty degrees below zero. celcius. i don't particularly want to leave my house, but the wonderful housing personell where i was employed at the time decide to stick me with a completely psychotic roommate making it unbearable to stay at home. i decide that it's a good time to hike out to lake louise...and beyond. i make it to the lake. i make it around the lake. i'm powered by the extreme frustration of the roommate situation. before i know it i've walked way beyond what is safe, and stop to finally look around. what i see is amazing. but it's what i hear that makes this my favorite memory. i hear absolutely nothing. nothing at all. no birds. no bugs. no animals. no traffic. no hum of power lines. my heart beat was so loud i thought it might trigger an avalanche. and the thought that if there were an avalanche no one would know to even look for me puts my feet into motion to get my tail outta there. one week later a man is killed in an avalanche in that exact area...