Cave meditation

I hiked trail 1906 this morning up MT Helena, so named as that is the year in which the trail was established.  I chose the trail as a training route for the Spartan race next spring as it is a lung busting ascent straight up the face of the mountain.  Lungs and legs should be well prepared if I stick to my plan of a weekly climb.   A quarter mile short of summit I discovered a lovely cave.  I stopped here for a bit of rest and meditation.  I lost focus twice during meditation.  First by the rumble of a train below and then again when another hiker passed by on the trail some distance away.  It is a windless day and sound seems to carry forever.  I took the above picture just before leaving the cave to scramble up the last bit to the summit.    All in all a lovely hike.  I returned home famished.