Kevin’s hiking journal

Lessons from
the trail.

Stories from mountains and ordinary miles—along with the truths that become clearer when the path grows quiet.

Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross · Psalm 66:16

What He Carried to the Summit

On the way to our campsite beneath Mount of the Holy Cross, Lynlee and I met an exhausted young man descending from his first fourteener. What he had carried to the summit—and what he could not wait to tell us—became one of the most meaningful moments of our hike.

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