Relative Something

Recovering today, from yesterday’s marathon of exposure to adventure stories and films. The experience was enhanced by a little snow storm that moved into our area, just as I left my house. Pam and I parked the car and walked a bit through the snow, which helped put us in a good, adventurous frame of mind.

We attended three presentations by adventurers who shared images, videos, and tales of their experiences in the Himalayan mountains, and beyond. After over three hours of mostly sitting, we ventured back into the falling and blowing snow to walk to a restaurant for dinner. Then it was back to Willey Hall on the U of M campus for one evening of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

I don’t attend many film festival presentations. My impression from having done so last night is that seeing one film, right after another, tends to steal some impact from each previous one viewed. Maybe I will ultimately absorb all that I witnessed yesterday and last night, but right now, I am a bit dizzy with the combination of everything that I saw. There were some spectacular accomplishments projected on the big screen, and I am inspired to seek out a couple of the full-version movies that were shown as ‘short cuts’ in order to be included in the festival world tour.

It’s a good thing the weather outside today is prime for hunkering down by the fire, under a blanket. I feel like I could use a day off. I will take advantage of it to gather my strength and consider all the images bouncing around in my head to see if I become inspired for a new adventure of my own design. In three days, I head to Boston for a mini-adventure with Julian to see Cyndie for the weekend and explore her apartment and workplace. I should probably reserve some of my mental energy for preparations toward that, as well.

Time for some hot cocoa!