Everyone posts the blue ice, the crampons, the hero shot at the summit. What you don’t see: my hands shaking, the guide’s voice echoing in my helmet, the way the glacier creaked underfoot like it could swallow me whole. I thought hiking a glacier in Alaska would make me feel invincible. Instead, I kept thinking about how small I was, how much I wanted to turn back, how the cold found its way into my bones no matter how many layers I wore. I have the photos. I never posted them. Not because the glacier wasn’t beautiful, but because I didn’t feel brave. I felt exposed. And maybe that’s what I actually needed to remember. #Travel #TravelConfessions #NotSoBrave