Aer Parris

I woke at 2am to the sound of silence. We were camped in the Alabama Hills, a big sky wrapping us up while we…

The light is blue and clear above me, and way in the distance it is shining a spotlight on faraway mountains. A tiny bat…

I’ve been trying to find my way for years, and today I realized that my path is clear, at least out here. Today we…

Mount Whitney is a thing of beauty. Just the thought of it sends my brain in spirals of wonder. It is the highest point…

This morning started blearily early — at the sound of a tiny watch alarm cuddled up tight in a tiny twin bunk bed. We…

The thing about injuries is, you can’t argue with them. There is no negotiating with plantar fasciitis and I have been told that despite…

Town days can be highly stressful — endless chores that must be attended to, calories to be consumed, cleaning to be done. Kennedy Meadows…

Today is a dream. It is a possibility. It is a thought. It is all of my imaginings turned reality. I have known, deep…

It is 12.35pm. I am airing out my blisters and counting my Ritz crackers. I can have five today with the 80 calorie packet…

I have been waiting for this moment for months — the moment when the desert transforms, as if by magic, into the Sierras. I…

Today marks the day when, five years ago, Ant and I became a “thing,” as us youngsters with a lack of vocab call it….

Today felt like a million different days all jammed into one. I shed tears, had hugs, giggled merrily, walked, sat, ate, and meditated. It…