Road to El Capitan, Yosemite

Published March 13, 2009

For some reason this quote came to mind this morning. I read it many years ago, and I was reminded of it recently over on Kelley Eskridge’s blog. Kelley is an amazing person and brilliant writer; if you haven’t read any of her stuff I suggest you hop over to Amazon right now and buy this collection.

Here’s the quote:

Para mi solo recorrer los caminos que tienen corazon, cualquier camino que tenga corazon. Por ahi yo recorro, y la unica prueba que vale es atravesar todo su largo. Y por ahi yo recorro mirando, mirando, sin aliento.

For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly.

— from The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

Heart of El Capitan