Mount Baden Powell
Katharine Lee Bates who wrote " America the Beautiful" must have had that familiar feeling of awe and wonderment every hiker experiences as she bagged Colorado's Pikes Peak in the summer of 1893. O beautiful for spacious skies, For Amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain America, America God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea ro shining sea. It was I who have been calling on mountains. No mountains ever called me back but I love them just the same. As usual, it's just me and myself sauntering the 40 switchbacks of the 40th hike of the 52 hike challenge I am doing this year. Twelve more and I would complete the challenge. I belt out a slightly modified Rachel Platten's refrain making sure nobody was within hearing distance. This is my fight song Take back my life song Prove I'm not old song My power's turned on...

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