Well, some friends of mine have just spent some time in the Tetons. Not only am I jealous, but I am realizing it has been ages since my last visit. So, I pulled out the issue that profiled Grand Teton and started scheming.
Towards the close of collection of essays -covering half the issue - I came across the following from Mike Munger …
the Tetons are a magical place. If you just went there things happened. You found you could climb things you couldn't do elsewhere, that you didn't know were possible. You could meet your childhood heroes and find out they were just regular people. You could meet the love of your life. It was all there.