No Filter... Seriously. Ben Lomond Peak, Utah

Everyone posts the view. No one posts the windburn, the hour I spent staring at my boots because the silence felt too loud, or the way my hands shook trying to take a photo that didn’t look like every other summit shot on Instagram. I told myself I’d hike for clarity. All I got was altitude and a reminder that you can’t outrun your own head, even at 9,700 feet. The sky was ridiculous—blue like a screensaver. But I kept thinking about the messages I hadn’t answered, the people I’d left behind. No filter, sure. But the real story never fits in the frame. #Travel #SoloTravelTruth #NoFilterStories