![]() ![]() Then, in On The Precipice, Nathan meets Drew Madden, a true mountain man who fell from a cliff and now uses a wheelchair. He’s had his fill of relationships that go nowhere, of men who’ve led him astray emotionally and on the mountains he climbs in memory of Neil ![]() He also can’t seem to find the sense of being loved, the sense of belonging that Neil had given him, no matter how many mountain peaks he claims, no matter how deep the existential forgiveness he feels hiking on the island of Kaua’i (On the Kalalau Trail). Although Nathan steps figuratively into the hiking boots Neil can no longer wear, he can’t leave behind him the guilt he feels that he didn’t know Neil-or his other family members-as well as he’d thought. ![]() He makes a life-long friend, feels the pain of losing a lover to addiction, and loses his adored older brother Neil in a tragic accident. In On Chocorua, Nathan begins his journey as a college freshman. It means he identifies the questions that matter. Forging his path doesn't mean he finds all the answers. Desert Island, but because he explores and then follows that inner path that tells him who he is and how he relates to the world around him. Nathan Bartlett is a trailblazer-not because he follows established routes in the White Mountains, or on Kaua'i, or on Mt. ![]()
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