Words do not exist to tell you how much your positive attitude and unrelenting support of my trip to Makalu means to me. I only hope that through your acts of love and support, I can learn to give it back when your turn to go rolls around again. I cannot help but want to hold you back and keep you safe. Letting you go is always the hardest thing ever as I feel so far apart. Yet when you let me go, I feel closer to you than ever before. Why does it work this way?
I am excited to take all the grace and calmness that you have displayed in the mountains with me on this trip. You have a way of remaining very relaxed and calm. You often think I do not listen to you and yet, I have heard every word and observed every move you have ever made. All of your acts, all of your pearls of wisdom fill my toolbox.
That my love is when I flipped the switch and realized I was ready.
I love you.
Brad and Tonya at Everest BC 2006
