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Take This Poem on Your Next Trip

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May 11, 2021 at 9:00 am #3712171

Ben Kilbourne
BPL Member

@benkilbourne
Locale: Utah

Companion forum thread to: Take This Poem on Your Next Trip

The words you carry with you are just as important as your gear.

May 11, 2021 at 12:59 pm #3712184

Andrew Marshall
BPL Member

@andrewsmarshall
Locale: Tahoe basin by way of the southern Appalachians

I’m probably biased cause I can’t write anything about backpacking without quoting HDT or talking about Buddhism (RJ makes me take all those bits out of my gear reviews), but I really love this piece, Ben. Thanks for sharing it with us.

May 12, 2021 at 8:09 pm #3712347

Jeff
BPL Member

@jkpaulsen

Thanks, Ben. I enjoyed this a lot, and I like it more as I think about it more.

BPL – please keep publishing pieces like this!

May 16, 2021 at 7:59 am #3712738

Elph Morgan
BPL Member

@elph
Locale: Great Lakes

Ben, I really love the cadence and the contemplative aspects of this piece. Thank you so much for sharing, and Ryan for publishing – more like this wouldn’t hurt.

May 19, 2021 at 2:27 am #3713374

Stephan S
BPL Member

@nordehiker

No matter where you go, there you are. A paraphrase of Jon Kabat-Zinn, which I think is a brilliant way of acknowledging the fact that you are always going to be with you. So do your best to like what you see in the mirror. Ben, thanks, great post.
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