Revisited 2

I get asked a lot if I'm scared when I explore underground by myself. I'm not and the assumption then is that I'm brave, but I'm not that either.

Except in the most unusual circumstances things happen very slowly underground. Above ground I make important decisions on the fly every moment. Just like the underground these decisions can mean the difference between life and death no matter how mundane they seem(Can I make that yellow light?).

But underground I have time. I've sat at the edge of many pits and squeezes for an hour or more thinking about the best approach or whether it's worth investigating at all.

Fear and bravery only have meaning in comparison to another. When I'm truly alone there is no courage, no fear, only me.

-2012-
anatomy
sleepwalking
new chapter

-2011-
like sedona?
torn in two
blink
bridge to nowhere
door
hitting the wall
elusive 2
elusive 1
ascenders
voyage
hole
icarus

-2010-
revisited 2
revisited 1
which way?
the pit
lost mines
narrow
snowfall
chute
false floor
monolith
crack
freeze
slice
bunker
in their footsteps
resolution

-2009-
goodbyes
undercurrents
casting the bones
mountain thief
the deer hunter
strange temple
sanctuary
burial pt. 3
burial pt. 2
burial pt. 1
scarlet fever
return to hell
forsaken
the lower depths
underground lake
stretch sewer
crypt
still waters
shadow movements
meager rations
sw pt.8: geothermal + ending
sw pt.7: lost gold mines
sw pt.6: big tube caves
sw pt.5: gold!
sw pt.4: el calderon caves
sw pt.3: redondo
sw pt.2: ghosts
southwest adventure pt.1
the river
dark salvation
reflections
dreams
the underdark
night odyssey
beginnings