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worn soles
on a rocky descent
prayer grips each rock
(Troutswirl, A Sense of Place: Hiking Trail–touch, November 21, 2018)
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on the downslope
balancing between rocks and sky
trees extend hands
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©️2018 Ontheland
Those who relate to these haiku may have hiked down a steep, rocky forest trail with less than full-grip boots and/or a tender sense of balance.
Ontheland 
These are visually great, Janice.
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Thank you, Ken.
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I used to do a lot of trail running and these really spoke to me. I was a terrible downhill runner, very timid. How many times did I grab a tree branch or trunk to steady myself? These are true to life and beautifully expressed.
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Thank you, Claudia. I have been a timid downhill walker…especially when my footwear lacked good traction 🙂
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In races I actually pulled off the trail and let people stacked up behind me pass, I was so slow and afraid, and that is saying a lot that I would do that, because I was pretty aggressive as a runner (the family story is how one time I pushed aside a guy dressed as a Thanksgiving turkey, which I did do, but I did say excuse me, and he was running SO SLOW and in the middle of the road) but I digress, that was not a trail run. I don’t know why downhill was so challenging for me when I observed so many people (of all ages) leaping along, but it was…
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That’s an hilarious aside about the turkey guy. Your slowing down when others were leaping shows strength to follow your own instincts…whatever your reason for caution it was probably a good one.
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Another Superb series of Awesomeness! 🥀😎
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Thank you, Dorna 🙂
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