4 posts
Head Check
The mental dimension of long-distance hiking: decision fatigue, fear on exposed terrain, group dynamics when someone wants to bail, the hour before dawn, and the argument you have with yourself at mile 18.
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When Your Partner Wants to Bail and You Don't
Jasper recounts the morning Thea wanted to bail from a Lost Creek Wilderness loop — the conversation, the ego, the lesso...
Aug 22, 2026
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Fear Is Useful (Until It's Not)
Jasper Knox lays out a framework for sorting trail fear into useful and useless categories — a four-question address tes...
Aug 20, 2026
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Why I Turned Around at 13,400 Feet
The first interior-voice post on this blog: Jasper's account of turning around on a hike at 13,400 feet on a Colorado fo...
Aug 17, 2026
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The Hour Before Dawn: What Goes Through My Head Before a Big Day
What actually goes through Jasper's head in the hour before dawn before a big day — the night-before decision, the four-...
Aug 14, 2026
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