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Returning

By Justin Carter on April 12, 2022April 15, 2022

On returning home to NYC from a Hawaiian vacation – a poem

Posted in: Focus, Poems, Travel
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Musings Teaching

MLK Jr.

By Justin Carter on January 23, 2020April 13, 2022

MLK Jr. – a poem

Posted in: Dreams, Ideas, Martin Luther King Jr., Poetry, Thinkers
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Musings

Don’t follow your streams

By Justin Carter on January 15, 2020

Instant streaming TV has become so accessible that it is taking over aspects of so many of our lives: time, energy, and desires. I urge you to follow your dreams, not your streams.

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Exploration

Mt. Washington

By Justin Carter on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

Hey all!

Here’s another short story I’m planning to submit to The Dirtbag Diaries podcast in hopes that they will air it next year. Give it a read. Let me know what you think!! I’ll take all the constructive criticism I can get.

Cheers!

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Exploration Musings

Life is a river (rev. 1)

By Justin Carter on September 16, 2019September 19, 2019

Hey all! This is a short story I’m planning to submit to The Dirtbag Diaries podcast in hopes that they will air it next year. Give it a read. Let me know what you think!! I’ll take all the constructive criticism I can get 😀 Cheers!

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Exploration Musings Teaching

Summer Camp

By Justin Carter on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019

My “job” this summer.

Posted in: Boats, Bouldering, Circus Warehouse, Climbing, Climbing gym, Movement Creative, Parkour, Parks, Pizza parties, Rappelling, Slacklining, Summer Camp, The Cliffs Climbing and Fitness, Trapeze
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Adventure Mountains

Whitney – a beautiful behemoth

By Justin Carter on May 28, 2019September 5, 2019

Yep. I love the mountains.

Posted in: Catan, Crampons, Eastern Sierras, Gaiters, Glissade, Granite, Ice axes, Lone Pine, More Snow, Mountaineering, Owens Valley, Road-walking, Sierra Nevadas, SNOW, Snow camping, Snow trudge, Sun protection, Sunrises, Sunsets, Whitney Portal
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Update

Update: post-Whitney

By Justin Carter on April 30, 2019September 5, 2019

We [ALMOST] made it!

Posted in: Change of plans, Flagstaff, Mt. Whitney, Red Rocks, Road trip
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Adventure Desert

Death Valley and some old trees

By Justin Carter on April 18, 2019September 5, 2019

Inspirational majesty. I love the desert.

Posted in: Altitude, Backpacking, Badwater Basin, Bishop, Bristlecone pines, California, Catan, Dante's Ridge, Death Valley, Desert, Geology, Geophysics, Mountaineering, Mountains, Mt. Whitney, Plate-tectonics, Puffy jackets, Rocks, Salt-flats, Sierras, Sunset, Vans, Wind
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Adventure Musings

Dirt-road mishap

By Justin Carter on April 16, 2019September 5, 2019

Things don’t always go as planned.. but that’s usually the best part!

Posted in: Car-Camping, Desert, Desert roads, Desert wildlife, Flat tires, Friends, Kingston Range Wilderness, Pahrump, Stranded, Wal-Mart auto center
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