It was the summer of '18 when I visited my grandparents in Baltimore. Listening to their stories, their old school romance, and their struggles were a major part of my day. One such story awed me. "The photographs you used to

I was in Seattle when I became acquainted with the Olympic National Forest hike. I inquired about it and very soon decided to do this hike alone. This was my first ever hike into the wild. I took this as

The bus braked suddenly, and I banged myself on the seat in front of me. I woke up in agony. The bus had arrived at Port Angeles. I geared up my rucksack and got down. I sat on a rock

"You are going to die. Few more breaths, and that's it!" alerted my dog-tired mind. "You can do it. Push yourself." encouraged my I-can-do-it mind. It was the summer of '15 in India, the same period when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck