{"id":4729,"date":"2018-11-25T13:18:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2019-04-25T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:32:49","slug":"what-i-learned-from-my-trip-to-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/es\/2018\/11\/25\/what-i-learned-from-my-trip-to-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned From My Trip to Bhutan."},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>I am not a hiker. I am not a mountain climber, a marathon runner, a gym rat or an adventurist. And yet, something calls me to explore places so difficult to reach, they are on the &#8220;Top 10 most dangerous places to fly into&#8221; and take plenty of exertion to get to the top of whatever peak their holiest sites are located.<\/h5>\n<h5>I am a survivor.\u00a0 I have experienced something many call a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/meet-the-mom-who-predicted-her-own-death-and-lived-to-tell-about-it-1122421315876?v=raila&amp;\">near death experience<\/a>, coupled with some phenomena which has yet to be scientifically explained. The NDE is not what drove me to seek out these far-off lands. I have been experiencing extra sensory perceptiveness since I was 10 years old.\u00a0 I have met with Rabbis, Turkish coffee-readers, mediums, Opus Dei elite, parapsychologists, Santeras, psychics and other spiritualists.\u00a0 I have spoken with MDs, PhDs, Astrophysicists and therapists to attempt to understand what many cannot because \u201cmaybe science has not caught up with it yet.\u201d \u00a0I have learned a great deal from Western perspective.\u00a0 But at some point, when I could afford it, I wanted to branch out beyond the United States.<\/h5>\n<h5>It\u2019s not in search of G-d. I have a strong faith and foundation with my Jewish upbringing. What drives me to go visit Shamans in rural Mexico, Kabbalists in Tzfat, Israel or Taoist priests in WuDang, China, is the same thing which brought me last week to Bhutan.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4744 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-768x190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-1024x253.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-600x149.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2305-18x4.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4740 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0138-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>I want a \u201cbasic\u201d understanding of what other cultures believe when it comes to the mystical side of life. The many ways we as a Western civilization talk about \u201cspirituality,\u201d the sixth sense, \u201cgifts\u201d, visions, intuition, seers, I needed to know how other cultures felt regarding those topics. \u00a0How they dissect them when they happen to their everyday citizen.\u00a0 What they have been taught. How accepting would they be when foreigners bring up the subject? What their healing practices are? Is there a way to learn what the heck is going on in my own mind, body and soul?!<\/h5>\n<h5>To my surprise, many cultures 1000% believe everything I experience as a matter of FACT. They have seen spirits, experienced the \u201cunexplainable,\u201d personally, for generations, and they do not seek the HOW IS THIS HAPPENING, like I have been my entire life. Many just roll their eyes at me and say \u201cStephanie, of course this is real. Why are you wasting your time with silly questions?\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>Bhutan was no exception.\u00a0A kingdom located in the Southern slopes of the Eastern Himalayas, landlocked in South Asia. \u00a0It borders Tibet and has NEVER BEEN COLONIZED. It is a Buddhist country. With a population of under a 1 Million. And even though their biggest export is electricity, its people are proud they value their Gross National Product as GNH. Gross National Happiness. The vibration there is pleasant and the people are all smiles. Even the stray animals were chillin. A cow drank from our pool and came over to lick my face. Not all are happy, I think it is an ideology many would like to follow. It is a place where time almost stands still. \u00a0Where monasteries, untouched landscapes and sacred spaces (more than 2000 B.C. years old) are the reasons many make the trek to this place.<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4734\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4734\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-600x748.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2476.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kerry Wheeler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4735\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4735\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-600x801.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2469.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Kerry Wheeler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4757 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3060.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4745 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2356-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2356-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2356-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2356-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2356-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4758 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3061.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>I, like many others seeking more enlightenment, enjoyed many of the attractions but there were two moments in my 10 day trip which helped me see the &#8220;light&#8221; in a different way.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4765 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2655-e1543151162751-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2655-e1543151162751-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2655-e1543151162751-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2655-e1543151162751-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2655-e1543151162751-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>First, we met with a reincarnated monk. How do we know he is a reincarnated monk? (Yes, I asked the obvious question) Well, as an example how they figure out who is who, the future Abbott of Bhutan had come to a monastery when he was 4 years old. \u00a0He told the head monk he &#8220;built this place&#8221;. The monk being skeptical, put the 4 year old through many tests. \u00a0One of which was placing objects from the time period he says he was from, mixed in with antiquities and present-day lookalikes, in front of him to choose the ones he would have used in the 16th century. \u00a0Hundreds of objects. Tools, prayer beads, etc. \u00a0Every single time, he chose the artifact which was correct. Again, he was 4 years old. \u00a0He is now being groomed to take over as the &#8220;chief&#8221; Abbott of Bhutan in the not so distant future.<\/h5>\n<h5>The monk we met with was no different. \u00a0Although he will not be the chief, \u00a0he has been reincarnated from one of the messengers who lived centuries ago. \u00a0This monk laughed when I asked him about the sixth sense. \u00a0Not in a condescending way, but in a &#8220;why would you waste any time on the sixth sense?&#8221;<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4749 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2429-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2429-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2429-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2429-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2429-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>He explained, &#8220;The sixth sense is medical. It is science. It is the mind. It is obvious.&#8221; \u00a0Ok, not so much in the U.S. but I kept listening. &#8220;What you experienced is the SEVENTH SENSE!&#8221; WTH.. #mindblown. I have never heard of the 7th Sense. Google here I come. \u00a0(It does not go into the accurate detail one would think). He described the &#8220;seventh sense&#8221; as what we describe intuition and extra sensory perceptions coming from outside of our bodies. A spiritual event where you are getting a signal. The Universe coming to you through a clear channel directly to your soul. And it is very real. (I will go into more detail in a later blog or Live chat).<\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>The next experience would take me over the edge. Not literally, although there were times I could have fallen off a narrow ledge on the hike to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/paro-taktsang-tigers-nest-monastery\">Tiger&#8217;s Nest.<\/a>\u00a0 Paro Taktsang or Tiger&#8217;s Nest as outsiders call it, is one of the holiest sites Bhutan has and the #1 tourist attraction.\u00a0It is a monastery clinging onto the side of a cliff. \u00a0Located 10,000 feet above sea level, it is not the easiest climb up OR DOWN for the average human. (Again, not a mountain climber).<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4761 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2638-e1543147965607-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2638-e1543147965607-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2638-e1543147965607-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2638-e1543147965607-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2638-e1543147965607-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4760 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2637-e1543148023178-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2637-e1543148023178-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2637-e1543148023178-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2637-e1543148023178-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2637-e1543148023178-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>It is said the Second Buddha flew on a Tiger &#8220;concubine&#8221; into this cave and meditated for months, fighting off demons and coming out delivering Buddhism to the people of Bhutan.<\/h5>\n<h5>When we finally arrived after a 3 hour hike, we were told to store all of our belongings, including phones and cameras as we could not take any photos inside.<\/h5>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Our guide asked if I wanted to take a break and meditate, so I found a corner in a small space where no tourists were at the time. I sat down and began to cry uncontrollably almost immediately. I felt a heaviness in the room. I felt pain and suffering. \u00a0And an overwhelming sadness.<\/h5>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4751 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2463-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2463-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2463-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2463-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2463-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/>About 10 minutes later, the guide came back asking if he could meditate with me. \u00a0I agreed and asked if he wanted to &#8220;feel&#8221; what I was feeling. \u00a0My intuition told me to do something in order to have him feel and I did it. \u00a0And after I was done, I took back the pain, but he looked drained from what he had just experienced. He looked at me, shaking his hands out and rolling his neck saying &#8220;That was HEAVY.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<h5>Buddhism believes in reincarnation. You suffer in this lifetime and learn from it, be grateful for it, so you can live a happier life in the next lifetime. So I am not surprised people come to this sacred spot to meditate their sorrows into the &#8220;nest&#8221; which holds their pain so they can leave it behind. And also not surprised I could feel it.<\/h5>\n<h5>On our return, he told others that I was a &#8220;dalom&#8221;. A person who has died and come back in their own body with messages to give. Buddhism rarely talks about people who have flatlined and come back. The period between death and rebirth for Buddhists is 49 days, not 37 Seconds. I will delve into this more at a later date.<\/h5>\n<h5>I have been searching for the HOW my entire life and it has only gotten more intense since I crossed that infamous flatline. Learning and studying, traveling and speaking to others helped me dissect my world around me, but at some point, I needed to stop running away from it, stop proving it and just accept all of it as a matter of fact, the way these other cultures do.<\/h5>\n<h4>I am committed to doing this as of today. \u00a0Thankful, this Thanksgiving for the opportunities to visit all of these incredible places. Thankful for the journey, because I am alive to do it. \u00a0And the most enlightened piece I took away from this trip was:<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>\u00a0I don&#8217;t need to leave my backyard to learn any of this. It was in my capacity to understand it all along so long as I could accept it.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you are looking for acceptance in all you sense to be validated by everyone, it ain&#8217;t ever gonna happen. \u00a0You may never get the science to explain your faith, convictions and the &#8220;seventh sense,&#8221; but they should never be discounted, because others do not accept them. You feel things. You have witnessed miracles. Learning to say something when you sense something, will open the doors for others to do the same. The conversation has begun. And those you would never think in a million years would understand, will engage. \u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>I had preconceived notions because someone was too &#8220;sciency&#8221;. I had been intimidated because someone had PhD letters next to their name. \u00a0And I have been surprised time and time again, I was being &#8220;silly,&#8221; because they had experienced some level of phenomena in their lifetime.<\/h5>\n<h5>We shouldn&#8217;t make the same mistake again.<\/h5>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4767 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_3062.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5>Our tribe happens to be very large, and this trip just confirmed it for me.<\/h5>\n<h5>Have a beautiful week ahead.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4743\" src=\"http:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2625-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2625-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2625-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2625-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stephaniearnold.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_2625-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Stephanie<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a hiker. I am not a mountain climber, a marathon runner, a gym rat or an adventurist. 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