I will have to send this album to my niece, Annie, who's in the Navy and loves to climb . . . The speed and wild feeling, the excitement, in "First Ascent" is so striking that it almost takes away my heart beat and raises it to extreme levels . . . its a great trance . . . cold and fresh . . . yet the sweat drips down my brow from exertion and I take big gulps of air so clear and sharp it stings my lungs . . . "Outer Sanctum" has an uniquely Oriental approach, awe inspiring and full of many colors and sensations as it flows by . . . full of visions and desires . . . it is inspiring and majestic . . . it fills the interior scope with vistas of mountain ranges and eagles free flight . . the trees and the rocks .. .. before these beautiful places were brought down by a fearful civilized human core and its belief in the need to tame the wilderness . . . to take what it wants, regardless of the sullied results. "Once Again" is full of glory and shine . . and an optimism that follows the adventurer wherever they may wander . .. I took this song to be a message .. … enjoy the beauty of nature . . . hear the happy piano dance through the beauty of life . . . and all the climbs that we must make, real or hypothetical . .. hmmm my fingers dance across the keyboard with a sympathetic attraction to the beautiful music . . . .