Quoting Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain, 1977

So there I lie on the plateau, under me the central core of fire from which was thrust this grumbling grinding mass of plutonic rock, over me blue air, and between the fire of the rock and the fire of the sun, scree, soil and water, moss, grass, flower and tree, insect, bird and beast, wind, rain and snow — the total mountain. Slowly I have found my way in.

— Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain, 1977 (via)

11:47am on June 26, 2024.


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