Hazen Audel Instagram – I used to work for Outward Bound Outdoors Schools. #outwardbound I took people from all over and took them outside, way deep into the woods, deserts and mountains.. Taught them how to adventure, challenge their limits, leadership, teamwork. We cooked outside together, we learn backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering, river rafting, outdoor skills. I taught, but I learned and refined at the same time. It was and is my life. An amazing time in my life. We were proud humans out there.
Even though we were summiting big glaciated peaks above 14,000 feet, rappeled insane cliffs, and rafted very hairy rapids, that was never what I wanted to do the most.
I just wanted to do these things so I could have the skills and experiences to be in nature. Uniquely nature. I was so different than so many of my outdoor mentors and coworkers. Still to this day, many of them are world class mountaineers, rock climbers, and olympian whitewater kayakers. I am immensely proud of my cohort.
But my skillset was being there with all that the natural world throws to me. Bugs, flowers, critters..
And how they all are there together.
One adult Outward Bound Student later wrote me a letter.
Poetically she said- I have a love affair with nature.
She put it into words. And then I realized it even more.
There was another poet in ancient Sufi readings
“Sacrifice everything for true love
If you are a true Human Being”.
Wonderfully or tragically – my presence in this world.
Photo Credit @adamlaister while filming Primal Survivor- Crossing the Andes.
Here is a Boana riojana. Andean Tree frog. So Baaad A$$
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