Everyone calls the Dolomites a hiker’s paradise. I thought maybe if I kept moving—up switchbacks, across scree, through silent pine forests—I’d finally outrun the static in my head. The views are impossible, sure. But no one tells you how loud your thoughts get when the only sound is your own breath and boots on gravel. I kept waiting for awe to feel like clarity. Instead, I just got blisters and a camera roll full of peaks I barely remember. Maybe that’s the real lesson: you can chase new landscapes, but you can’t hike away from yourself. #Travel #TravelConfessions #HikingTruths