Austin Magruder - Top of the world

This past winter break, I visited a friend who lives in Aspen, Colorado. I went out mainly to snowboard. Before this trip, I had never left the east coast, and let me tell you, the Rocky mountains are something else. One day while snowboarding, I had gone off the trail and fallen in chest deep snow, after what seemed like an hour of pushing my way back towards the run, I was exhausted. I sat down and looked out across the horizon and I could see for miles. It was the most beautiful view I had ever seen. As I sat there catching my breath, alone at the top of this mountain, it began to snow, hard. It became almost a total whiteout and it was dead silent. This event made me think about how incredible our planet really is. It was a very surreal experience being up their alone, and I think I learned something about myself.