NYS GUIDE & WILDERNESS ADVENTURE HOST
Kim's Basics
Currently trying to start Back To Basics Backcountry Sporting Camps & Yurts for your enjoyment and mine;
Current Profession: Part-Time Intensive Care Registered Nurse (holds BLS, ACLS and Medical-Surgical National Certifications); Part-Time CHC - Community Home Health Care Nurse - Johnstown, NY; the nurse is also a NYS Adirondack guide (#4323).
Age: 37;
Two daughters: Taryn Quinn (10) and Rachel Sierra (8);
Favorite Color: Blue;
Favorite Activity: Hiking;
Favorite Hikes: Chimney Mountain, Jay Mountain, Kineo, and the Northville-Lake Placid thru-hike.
Favorite Animal: Bear;
Favorite Food: REAL - Pizza & MRE - Potatoes and Broccoli;
Neatest Thing I Ever Saw: Fundy Tides;
Favorite Tree: Weeping Willow;
Favorite Scenic Drive: Golden Road;
Places I Would Like To See: New Zealand, Alaska and the Yukon;
Kim's Favorite Photos;
(My daughters and self on Rattlesnake Knob)
(Taryn Snowshoeing Outback)
(Rachel's First Summit)
(Taryn & Rachel 2002)
Favorite Poem;
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both the morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
BLEECKER SEASONS
Bleaker seasons fill my head
A cold harsh winter lies ahead.
Sense the cold and feel the sting
Of what human nature actually brings.
Listen deeply to the sound
As the raging winds and mind go round.
The barrenness is here again
And death to a journey once again.
A journey put off years ago
Because the mind had many woes.
Push on - Push on
Someday you'll find
Self holds the answers
With the mountains you climb
Spring's rebirth has begun to prevail
The mind now stronger hopes not to fail.
The journey begins deep in your heart
But only the mind can tell it to start.
Many have chosen to take on the goal
But few can express the story it told.
The scent of flowers fills the brisk air
And many I've noticed don't seem to care.
The sounds lost along the way in everyday life
Are now enhanced ten-fold in silent might.
The drive onward is slow but sure
Your hope is to find the mental cure.
Self needs to be pushed from time to time
Or all is lost for those wishing to find.
Push on - Push on
Someday you'll find
Self holds the answers
With the mountains you climb
Summer brings more strength to the soul
As the mind and self are now pushing toward one goal.
The cling and clatter between the two
Is what your inner journey was suppose to do!
Questions and answers you were longing to find
Still lie lost in the gray matter of your mind.
Even if self is unable to withstand such a test
At least know you gave it your best.
The body will adjust no matter what
It is the mind that can easily corrupt.
Summer strengths still unsure
Maybe an abstract or just a lure?
Once again plagued with doubts
Many quit here even though they haven't found out.
Push on - Push on
Someday you'll find
Self holds the answers
With the mountains you climb
An inward journey started years ago
Now has brought me where - do I know?
The autumn colors are sharp and clear
Hopefully by now I'm somewhat near.
Mystical visions suspend me in fall
I now see the dream standing tall.
It stands alone, as do I
But have I now developed the WHY?
A long time awaited and longing to SEE
But the real question is - was I able to find ME?
DEDICATED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL'S ENDEAVORS IN LIFE
How far you wish to take these ventures is totally up to you,
AND YOU ALONE!
GOAL: AT THRU-HIKE 2006
REFLECTIVE IMAGES
Lately I've pondered it, and pondered it so,
Why so much hate against people not foe!
The anger within - it stabs like a knife,
If only one knew, they all could give life.
Uncomprehending why some were put on this earth,
To live out their lives with such anger and hurt.
There must be an answer - or is it a test,
For others to realize they gave it their best.
A trying time that one must stand,
Or fall beneath the cold dark land.
Why one's misery can drag you down
Right when your mind is strong and gaining ground.
Several rationales have occurred to me
The first one begin - was it me?
Confidence again dropped to a low
Put others down in hopes they will grow.
Too many suffer day by day,
Because they lack peace in some sort of way.
The second reason that crossed my mind,
Was it something that they were unable find.
No one will ever know the answer to this,
Only the one who must fight with the bliss.
The time must come in each persons life,
When they stand up and fight for what they feel right.
I've been here, I've done that - I've fought my way through,
But not once took it out on another - too cruel.
I realize each has to find their own path,
But I'll be damned if another drags me down for their lack.
My life's goals are in order and I know what I seek,
Forward I move and the weak be the weak.
I will gladly help to lessen their load,
But will never surrender and return to the cold.
My life is my own and always will be,
If I didn't move forward, I wouldn't be me.
I've determined an outcome of why anger exists,
And my final conclusion is - the mirror is whom the fights with.
© Back To Basics Adirondack Wilderness Adventures 2004