10 Days of Pure Solitude — Will Mannon
Gravel crunched beneath my tires as my car slowed to a crawl. I could just glimpse a structure through the midnight. I think that looks right. I killed the engine, stepped outside, and was immediately blasted by a deafening silence. I breathed deep and smiled. Go time. I'd arrived at
Gravel crunched beneath my tires as my car slowed to a crawl. I could just glimpse a structure through the midnight. I think that looks right. I killed the engine, stepped outside, and was immediately blasted by a deafening silence. I breathed deep and smiled. Go time. I'd arrived at my new home: a one-room speck on the vast foothills of eastern Idaho. Closest town Driggs, population 871. Phone off, auto-responder on. Let the 10 day plunge into solitude begin. Back up for a second. Why did I spend 10 days alone in the most desolate part of the US? Since joining Forte Academy as Course Manager
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