FINDING
THE EXITS

Topics: Fear; Focus; Spirituality; Vision; Worry

Reference: Matthew 6:22–34

Tree-skiing may sound like a death wish, but some skiers love the risk of skiing virgin powder through a stand of aspen or spruce. The key, of course, is not hitting the trees. And that can be tricky.

Even more so than in deep snow or moguls, what you focus your eyes on becomes critical in the woods. Look at the spaces between the trees—the exits where you hope to be traveling.

Or, in the words of extreme skiing world champion Kim Reichelm: “Don’t stare at what you don’t want to hit.”

—Tim Etchells, “The Trees: Lovely, Dark, and Deep,” Outside (November 1999)