Although this is NOT a religious site, I feel that some of the comments that I make may seem to be of a religious connotation.  I am not trying to make anyone believe what I say, I just want my audience to consider it for its merit. 

I have a deep feeling that when I climb these beautiful places that there is such a sense of history, permanence, and its vastness makes me feel a mere speck on the horizon and that I am so insignificant.  I feel very humble and at peace while climbing these great masses of rock, marble and granite, and its a great change from the every day stresses and the 5-4 hours a day spent in the car at work.  It is such a massive release of constraint, a feeling of freedom.  And when I reach the summits, I no longer feel humble, I feel amazed, exhilarated, tired and happy that I have achieved my goal.  As the heartbeat returns to near normal and the adrenaline has subsided, I just sit in awe at the massive space below me and wonder how nature could ever create such art.