5.30.2013

Words from Theron Fisher


Mason...  We were good friends for a short time.. then choices and different dreams lead us in different directions...  

I remember being pretty down and depressed and he said to me.... "We are going hiking tomorrow"... If I had know that hiking meant climbing Great Northern... I would have said no thanks...  He kept telling me that hiking would help clear my head.... HOURS LATER (LOL)... we got to the glacier...  

We played around for a bit... He told me what he knew of the Glacier... And we sat and chilled for a little bit taking in the fresh air...  He said.... "Terry,  I'm impressed you kept up and made it all the way."  If he only knew how much physical pain I was in...  We started our decent and it was a tale in itself... We got lost coming back down..  He said no worries... We will hit a road at some point... lol...  

He talked to me about becoming a legit climber... climbing peaks and big walls... I said... that seems FREAKIN SCARY!!!  hahaha... when we finally got back to his little car we were soaking wet.. tired... we just sat there feeling the car heater warm us slowly up... neither one of us said a word... just happy to be out of the cold (or at least I was).  

But he was very right..  I felt clear headed for the first time in a long time.  Sadly time came and we drove back down to Columbia Falls and over the next few months we drifted apart as friends... but for a brief moment... I got to be a part of what he was about... High on a peak.... Accomplished... Thank you for the great memory Mason... You will be missed.

-Theron (Terry) Fisher-Amos